Mumps diagnostic criteria
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1] Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: ; Nate Michalak, B.A.
Overview
Diagnostic Criteria
In collaboration with the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE), the CDC provides the following case definition for mumps:[1]
Suspected
- Parotitis, acute salivary gland swelling, orchitis, or oophoritis unexplained by another more likely diagnosis
- OR
- A positive lab result with no mumps clinical symptoms (with or without epidemiological-linkage to a confirmed or probable case).
Probable
- Acute parotitis or other salivary gland swelling lasting at least 2 days, or orchitis or oophoritis unexplained by another more likely diagnosis, in:
- A person with a positive test for serum anti-mumps immunoglobulin M (IgM) antibody
- OR
- A person with epidemiologic linkage to another probable or confirmed case or linkage to a group/community defined by public health during an outbreak of mumps.
Confirmed
- A positive mumps laboratory confirmation for mumps virus with reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) or culture in a patient with an acute illness characterized by any of the following:
- Acute parotitis or other salivary gland swelling, lasting at least 2 days
- Aseptic meningitis
- Encephalitis
- Hearing loss
- Orchitis
- Oophoritis
- Mastitis
- Pancreatitis
References
- ↑ National Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System (NNDSS). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2012 Case Definition). http://wwwn.cdc.gov/nndss/conditions/mumps/case-definition/2012/ Accessed March 07, 2016.