NR AVSK
AU Ebsen,M.; Theegarten,D.
TI [The duty of notification for pathologists according to the infectious disease control act. Tuberculosis as dominating disease]
OT Meldepflicht des Pathologen nach dem Infektionsschutzgesetz : Tuberkulose als dominierende Erkrankung.
QU Der Pathologe 2006 May; 27(3): 204-11
PT english abstract; journal article
AB The Infectious Disease Control Act enacted in Germany in 1.1.2001 led to a duty of notification also for institutes of pathologic-anatomical diagnostics. All reports within 45 months after enacting concerning diseases and agents being subject to registration were evaluated. Among the notifiable diseases with fatal outcome ( section sign 6) belonged 3 cases of Meningococcus sepsis, 13 of tuberculosis und 5 cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. During lifetime 54% of tuberculosis cases remained undetected. Notifiable agents ( section sign 7.1) concerned 92 times Mycobacterium-tuberculosis-complex, twice Influenza Virus and one case of Cryptosporidiosis and Giardia lamblia each. Six Echinococcus granulosus cysts were reported ( section sign 7.2). Notification needs exact diagnosis of infectious diseases and agents being subject of registration. By this pathologists participate in the control of infectious diseases.
MH Bacterial Infections/*diagnosis/prevention & control/transmission; Disease Notification/*standards; Infection/*pathology; Pathology/*standards; Tuberculosis/*diagnosis/prevention & control/transmission; Virus Diseases/*diagnosis/prevention & control/transmission
AD Institut für Pathologie, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany.
SP deutsch
PO Deutschland