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Appendix 1 - Case Definitions
The following table displays the case definitions for sexually transmissible infections notified to the National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System in 1999. If you are not able to access these data please e-mail cdi.editor@health.gov.au.
Appendix 1d. Case definitions and ICD-10 code for notifiable diseases reported to NNDSS in 1999, sexually transmissible infections
Disease |
Case definition (NHMRC 1994) |
ICD-10 code(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Chancroid | Isolation of Haemophilus ducreyi from a clinical specimen OR a clinically compatible illness characterised by painful genital ulceration and inflammatory inguinal adenopathy, where syphilis, granuloma inguinale and herpes simplex have been excluded OR a clinically compatible illness in a patient who is epidemiologically linked to a laboratory confirmed case |
A57 |
| Chlamydial infection | Isolation of Chlamydia trachomatis from a clinical (genital) specimen OR demonstration of Chlamydia trachomatis in a clinical (genital) specimen by antigen detection methods |
A56 |
| Donovanosis | Demonstration of intracytoplasmic Donovan bodies on Wright or Giemsa stained smears or biopsies of clinical specimens OR a clinically compatible illness characterised by usually painless, beefy red, granulomatous or ulcerative lesions with rolled edges and a tendency to form scar tissue, where syphilis has been excluded |
A58 |
| Gonococcal infection | Isolation of Neisseria gonorrhoeae from a clinical specimen | A54 |
| Lymphogranuloma venereum | Isolation of Chlamydia trachomatis serotype L1, L2 or L3 from a clinical specimen OR demonstration (by immunofluorescence) of inclusion bodies in leucocytes aspirated from an inguinal lymph node (bubo) OR a positive serological test for lymphogranuloma venereum strain of Chlamydia trachomatis in the presence of a clinically compatible illness (one or more tender, fluctuant inguinal lymph nodes or characteristic proctogenital lesions) |
A55 |
| Syphilis | A compatible clinical illness or past history AND demonstration of Treponema pallidum by darkfield, fluorescent antibody or equivalent microscopic methods OR reactive treponemal tests (e.g. FTA-ABS, TPHA) |
A50, A51, A52 |
This article was published in Communicable Diseases Intelligence Volume 25, No 4, November 2001.
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