Australian national notifiable diseases case definitions
Donovanosis case definition
This document contains the case definitions for which is nationally notifiable within Australia. This definition should be used to determine whether a case should be notified.
Communicable Diseases Surveillance
Australian national notifiable diseases case definitions - Donovanosis
Reporting
Both confirmed cases and probable cases should be notified.Confirmed case
A confirmed case requires Laboratory definitive evidence AND clinical evidence.Laboratory definitive evidence
1. Demonstration of intracellular Donovan bodies on smears or biopsy specimens taken from a lesionOR
2. Detection of Calymmatobacterium granulomatis by nucleic acid testing of a specimen taken from a lesion.
Clinical evidence
Clinically compatible illness involving genital ulceration.Probable case
A probable case requires clinical evidence AND epidemiological evidence.Clinical evidence
As with confirmed case.Epidemiological evidence
1. A compatible sexual risk history in a person from an endemic areaOR
2. A compatible sexual risk history involving sexual contact with someone from an endemic area.
