Australian national notifiable diseases case definitions
Hepatitis (unspecified) case definition
This document contains the case definitions for Hepatitis - unspecified 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 - Hepatitis - unspecified
Reporting
Only confirmed cases should be notified.Confirmed case
A confirmed case requires laboratory definitive evidence AND clinical evidence.Laboratory definitive evidence
Laboratory exclusion of hepatitis A, B, C, D and E and other clinically relevant infectious and non-infectious causes of hepatitis.Clinical evidence
Clinical hepatitis, defined as:1. Jaundice
OR
2. Bilirubin in urine
OR
3. Alanine transaminase (ALT) seven times the upper limit of normal.
