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 17 - SPECIFIC DISEASE CONTROL MEASURES › Appendix 15-2-11-1-17-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 (+) 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
Acinetobacter baumannii[DAGGER]
Carbapenem-resistant
Acinetobacter baumannii
(CRAB)
Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae[DAGGER]
Carbapenem-resistant
Enterobacteriaceae
(CRE)
Carbapenem-resistant
Pseudomonas aeruginosa[DAGGER]
Carbapenem-resistant
Pseudomonas aeruginosa
(CRPA)
Chlamydia psittaci
Psittacosis
Chlamydia trachomatis
Chlamydia trachomatis genital infection
Clostridium botulinum[DAGGER]**
Botulism
Clostridium tetani
Tetanus
Corynebacterium diphtheriae[DAGGER]
Diphtheria
Coxiella burnetii[DAGGER]
Q fever
Enterococcus species*, vancomycin resistant
Enterococcus
infection, invasive vancomycin resistant
Escherichia coli O157:H7
and any shiga toxin-producing
Escherichia coli
O157:H7 and any shiga toxin-producing
E. coli
(STEC)
E. coli (
STEC
)[DAGGER]
Francisella tularensis[DAGGER]
Tularemia
Grimontia hollisae[DAGGER]
Noncholera
Vibrio
disease
Haemophilus ducreyi
Chancroid
Haemophilus influenza [DAGGER]
*(not from throat, sputum)
H. influenzae
infection, invasive
Legionella
species
Legionellosis
Listeria monocytogenes[DAGGER]
Listeriosis
Mycobacterium
species
Nontuberculous mycobacterial disease
Mycobacterium tuberculosis[DAGGER]
Tuberculosis
Neisseria gonorrheae
Gonorrhea
Neisseria meningitidis [DAGGER]
*
Meningococcal infection, invasive
Photobacterium damselae[DAGGER]
Noncholera
Vibrio
disease
Rickettsia prowazekii
Typhus fever
Rickettsia rickettsia
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 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 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
The 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
Candida auris[DAGGER]
Candida auris
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
Variola virus
Smallpox
Yellow fever virus
Yellow fever
Positive Blood Chemistries
Blood lead levels (venous) of >= 3.5µg/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