Section 690.460  Histoplasmosis (Reportable by mail, telephone, facsimile, or electronically as soon as possible, within three days)

a)         Control of Case

No specific restrictions.

b)         Control of Contacts

No specific restrictions.

c)         Laboratory Reporting

1)         Laboratories shall report to the local health authority patients from whom Histoplasma capsulatum has been cultured or patients who have a positive result on any other laboratory test indicative of and specific for detecting Histoplasma capsulatum infection.

2)         Laboratories shall report and submit to the Department's laboratory any environmental Histoplasma samples resulting from an outbreak investigation.

(Source:  Amended at 48 Ill. Reg. 4098, effective February 27, 2024)