Mississippi Administrative Code › Title 15 - Mississippi Department of Health › Part 2 - Epidemiology › Subpart 11 - Office of Communicable Diseases › Chapter 1 - MISSISSIPPI STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RULES AND REGULATIONS GOVERNING REPORTABLE DISEASES AND CONDITIONS › Subchapter 19 - Mississippi Healthcare Data Registry System › Appendices to the Rules and Regulations Governing Reportable Diseases and Conditions › Appendix 15-2-11-1-19-B - Laboratory Results That Must be Reported to the Mississippi State Department of Health

Current through June 25, 2024
Laboratories shall report these findings to the
						  Mississippi State Department of Health at least WEEKLY. Diseases in bold type
						  shall be reported immediately by telephone. Isolates of organisms marked with a
						  dagger ([DAGGER]) shall be sent to the Mississippi State Department of Health
						  Public Health Laboratory. All referring laboratories should call the Public
						  Health Laboratory prior to shipping any isolate (601-576-7582).
Positive Bacterial Cultures or Direct
						  Examinations
Result
Reportable Disease
Any bacterial agent in CSF
Bacterial meningitis
Bacillus anthracis[DAGGER]
Anthrax
Bordetella pertussis
Pertussis
Borrelia burgdorferi[DAGGER]
Lyme disease
Brucella
species[DAGGER]
Brucellosis
Burkholderia mallei[DAGGER]
Glanders
Burkholderia
									 pseudomallei[DAGGER]
Melioidosis
Campylobacter species
Campylobacteriosis
Carbapenem-resistant
									 Enterobacteriaceae
Carbapenem-resistant
Enterobacteriaceae
(CRE)
Chlamydia
									 psittaci
Psittacosis
Chlamydia trachomatis
Chlamydia trachomatis genital
									 infection
Clostridium
									 botulinum[DAGGER]**
Botulism
Clostridium
									 tetani
Tetanus
Corynebacterium
									 diphtheriae[DAGGER]
Diphtheria
Coxiella bumetii[DAGGER]
Q fever
Enterococcus species
*
vancomycin resistant
Enterococcus
infection,
									 invasive vancomycin resistant
Escherichia coli 0157:H7
and
									 any shiga toxin-producing
Escherichia coli 0157:H7 and any shiga
									 toxin-
E. coli (STEC[DAGGER]
producing
E. coli
(STEC)
Francisella
									 tularensis[DAGGER]
Tularemia
Grimontia hollisaef[DAGGER]
Noncholera
Vibrio
disease
Haemophilus ducreyi
Chancroid
Haemophilus influenza
									 [DAGGER]*(
not from throat, sputum)
H. influenzae
infection, invasive
Legionella
species
Legionellosis
Listeria
									 monosytogenes[DAGGER]
Listeriosis
Mycobacterium
species
Nontuberculous mycobacterial
									 disease
Mycobacterium
									 tuberculosis[DAGGER]
Tuberculosis
Neisseria gonorrhea
Gonorrhea
Neisseria meningitidis
									 [DAGGER]*
Meningococcal infection, invasive
Photobacterium
									 damselae[DAGGER]
Noncholera
Vibrio
disease
Rickettsia prowazekii
Typhus fever
Rickettsia rickettsii
Rocky Mountain spotted fever
Salmonella species, not S.
									 typhi[DAGGER]
Salmonellosis
Salmonella typhi[DAGGER]
Typhoid fever
Shigella
species[DAGGER]
Shigellosis
Staphylococcus aureus-
vancomycin resistant or
Staphylococcus aureus
vancomycin resistant (VRSA) or
vancomycin intermediate resistant
vancomycin intermediate (VISA)
Streptococcus pneumoniae *[DOUBLE
									 DAGGER]
Streptococcus pneumoniae
,
									 invasive infection
Vibrio cholerae 01[DAGGER]
Cholera
Vibrio species[DAGGER]
Noncholera
Vibrio
disease
Yersinia pestis[DAGGER]
Plague
* Specimen obtained from a normally sterile site
						  (usually blood or cerebrospinal fluid, or, less commonly, joint, pleural, or
						  pericardial fluid). Do not report throat or sputum isolates.
[DAGGER] Isolates of organism should be sent to the
						  Mississippi State Department of Health Public Health Laboratory. All referring
						  laboratories should call the Public Health Laboratory at (601)-576-7582 prior
						  to shipping any isolate.
[DOUBLE DAGGER] Isolates should be sent to the
						  Mississippi State Department of Health Public Health Laboratory for specimens
						  obtained from a normally sterile site in patients 12 years of age.
**Contact the Mississippi State Department of Health,
						  Epidemiology Program at 601-576-7725 or the Public Health Laboratory
						  (601)576-7582 for appropriate tests when considering a diagnosis of
						  botulism.
Laboratory Results That Must be Reported to the
						  Mississippi State Department of Health
Laboratories shall report these findings to the
						  Mississippi State Department of Health at least
WEEKLY
. Diseases
						  in bold type shall be reported immediately by telephone. Confirmatory tests for
						  some of these may be obtained by special arrangement through the Epidemiology
						  Program at 601-576-7725.
Positive Serologic Tests
Arboviral agents including but not limited to:
California encephalitis
Chikungunya virus
Dengue
Eastern equine encephalitis
LaCrosse encephalitis
St. Louis encephalitis
Western equine encephalitis
West Nile encephalitis
Zika virus
Brucellosis
Chagas Disease (
American
						  trypanosomiasis
)
Cholera
Chlamydia trachomatis
genital
						  infection
Ehrlichiosis
Hepatitis A
(anti-HAV IgM)
Hepatitis B (anti-HBcIgM)
Hepatitis B (HBsAg) in pregnancy
Hepatitis C
HIV infection
Legionellosis§
Lyme disease
Malaria
Measles
Mumps
M. tuberculosis
infection
Plague
Poliomyelitis
Psittacosis
Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever
Rubella
SARS-CoV-2 (all laboratory results)
Syphilis
Smallpox
Trichinosis
Varicella infection, primary in patients > 15 years
						  of age
Yellow fever
§ Serologic
						  confirmation of an acute case of Legionellosis cannot be based on a single
						  titer.
There must be a four-fold rise in titer to >1:128
						  between acute and convalescent specimens.
Laboratory Results That Must beReported to the
						  Mississippi State Department of Health
Laboratories shall report these findings to the
						  Mississippi State Department of Health at least
WEEKLY. Diseases in bold
						  type shall be reported immediately by telephone
. The dagger [DAGGER]
						  indicates the positive specimens may be submitted to the Mississippi Public
						  Health Laboratory for confirmation.
Positive Parasitic
										Cultures or Direct Examinations
Result
Reportable Disease
										Condition
Any parasite in CSF[DAGGER]
Parasitic meningitis
Cryptosporidium
parvum
Cryptosporidiosis
Trypanosoma
										cruzi
Chagas disease (
American
										trypanosomiasis
)
Plasmodium species[DAGGER]
Malaria
Positive Fungal Cultures
										or Direct Examinations
Result
Reportable Disease
										Condition
Any fungus in CSF
Fungal meningitis
Positive Viral Cultures
										or Direct Examinations
Result
Reportable Disease
										Condition
Any virus in CSF
Viral meningitis
Arboviral agents including but not limited
										to:
California encephalitis virus
California encephalitis virus
Chikungunya virus
Chikungunya virus
Dengue virus, serotype 1, 2, 3, or
										4
Dengue
Eastern equine encephalomyelitis
										virus
Eastern equine encephalitis (EEE)
										virus
LaCrosse encephalitis virus
LaCrosse encephalitis virus
St. Louis encephalitis virus
St. Louis encephalitis (SLE)
										virus
Western equine encephalomyelitis
										virus
Western equine encephalitis (WEE)
										virus
West Nile virus
West Nile encephalitis (WNV)
										virus
Zika virus
Zika virus
Arena viruses
Viral hemorrhagic fevers
Poliovirus, type 1, 2, or 3
Poliomyelitis
Filoviruses
Viral hemorrhagic
										fevers
Varicella virus
Varicella in patients > 15 years of
										age
Any SARS-CoV-S laboratory
										result
SARS-CoV-2
Variola virus
Smallpox
Yellow fever virus
Yellow fever
Positive Blood
										Chemistries
Blood lead levels (venous) of >=
										5µg/dL in patients <=6 years of age
Positive Toxin
										Identification
Ricin toxin from
Ricinus
										communis (castor beans)
Surgical Pathology
										Results
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, including new
										variant
Hansen disease (
Mycobacterium
										leprae
)
Human rabies
Malignant Neoplasms
Mycobacterial disease including
Tuberculosis
Trichinosis