Reporting Melioidosis
(Burkholderia pseudomallei)

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What to report
How to report Melioidosis
Submitting clinical materials
Who is required to report

What to report

As of July 13, 2018, melioidosis (Burkholderia pseudomallei) must be reported to MDH immediately 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Case definition

• CDC: Melioidosis (Burkholderia pseudomallei) Case Definitions
  Case definition from CDC's National Notifiable Disease Surveillance System (NNDSS).

How to report Melioidosis

• Call 651-201-5414 or 877-676-5414 immediately to report Melioidosis.
  24-7 Phone Reporting
  This disease must be reported immediately by phone 24 hours a day, seven days a week

Submitting clinical materials

For melioidosis, submission of clinical materials (isolate, if available) to MDH is required.

• Clinical Materials
  Clinical materials must be submitted according to these guidelines.

Who is required to report

• Health care practitioners (health care facilities, medical laboratories, and in certain circumstances veterinarians and veterinary medical laboratories) are required to report disease to the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) under Minnesota state law.
• Unless previously reported, every licensed health care provider who provides care to any patient who has, is suspected of having, or has died from a reportable disease is required to report.
• Any person in charge of any institution, school, child care facility, or camp is also required to report disease to MDH.

More about reporting

• Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) is adding melioidosis (Burkholderia pseudomallei) and glanders (Burkholderia mallei) to the list of diseases requiring statewide reporting (PDF)
  Beginning July 13, 2018: MDH will be conducting this surveillance pursuant to Minnesota Rules 4605.7000 to 4605.7900 (4605.7080).