Section 690.678  Streptococcus pneumoniae, Invasive Disease in Children Less than 5 Years (Including Antibiotic Susceptibility Test Results) (Reportable by mail, telephone, facsimile or electronically, within 7 days)

a)         Control of Case.  Standard Precautions shall be followed.

b)         Control of Contacts.  No restrictions.

c)         Laboratory Reporting.  Laboratories shall report to the local health authority patients less than 5 years of age from whom Streptococcus pneumoniae has been isolated from a normally sterile site or patients less than 5 years of age with a positive result on any other laboratory test indicative of and specific for detecting Streptococcus pneumoniae infection from a normally sterile site.  The antibiotic susceptibility test results shall also be reported.

(Source:  Amended at 32 Ill. Reg. 3777, effective March 3, 2008)