Toxoplasmosis reporting code 13090 case report form NA

Clinical description

A systemic protozoan disease that is frequently asymptomatic, or may be present as an acute disease resembling infectious mononucleosis. Among immunodeficient individuals such as AIDS patients, the disease may include cerebral signs, pneumonia, generalized skeletal muscle involvement, myocarditis, a maculopapular rash and death.

Laboratory criteria for diagnosis

· Demonstration of the agent in tissues or body fluids, or fourfold change in specific antibody titers in sequential sera.

Case classification

Confirmed: a clinically compatible case that is laboratory confirmed

Probable: an asymptomatic case that is laboratory confirmed

 

 

Trichinosis reporting code 12400 case report form CDC 54.7A

Trichinosis Surveillance

Case Report

Clinical description

A disease caused by ingestion of Trichinella larvae. The disease has variable clinical manifestations. Common signs and symptoms among symptomatic persons include eosinophilia, fever, myalgia, and periorbital edema.

Laboratory criteria for diagnosis

· Demonstration of Trichinella larvae in tissue obtained by muscle biopsy, or

· Positive serologic test for Trichinella

Case classification

Confirmed: a clinically compatible case that is laboratory confirmed

Comment

In an outbreak setting, at least one case must be laboratory confirmed. Associated cases should be reported as confirmed if the patient shared an epidemiologically implicated meal or ate an epidemiologically implicated meat product and has either a positive serologic test for trichinosis or a clinically compatible illness.