410 IAC 1-2.5-100 Granuloma inguinale; specific control measures

Sec. 100. The specific control measures for granuloma inguinale (infectious agent: Calymmatobacterium granulomatis) are as follows: (1) An investigation by the local health officer shall be: (A) performed within seventy-two (72) hours; and (B) focused on identifying sexual partners who were at risk for transmitting to, or contracting the infection from, the case. Case and contacts shall be fully evaluated and treated as recommended in the Sexually Transmitted Diseases Treatment Guidelines, 2010, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, December 17, 2010, Volume 59, No. RR-12. (2) Standard precautions for hospitalized patients are required. Patients shall refrain from sexual activities: (A) until treatment is complete and lesions are healed; and (B) with untreated previous sexual partners. (3) Concurrent disinfection is required for the following: (A) Discharges from lesions. (B) Articles soiled by those discharges. (4) Quarantine is not required. (5) Immunization is not available. Prompt treatment of contacts upon recognition or suspicion of disease is required. (6) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists set the standard clinical and laboratory case definition.