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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2012-506/annex/division-3/division-3.1/division-3.1.1/division-1",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2012/506",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Decision of 8 August 2012 amending Decision 2002/253/EC laying down case definitions for reporting communicable diseases to the Community network under Decision No 2119/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document C(2012) 5538) (Text with EEA relevance) (2012/506/EU)",
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  "kind": "division",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "BJ-BONE: Osteomyelitis",
  "text": "Osteomyelitis must meet at least one of the following criteria:\nPatient has organisms cultured from bone\nPatient has evidence of osteomyelitis on direct examination of the bone during a surgical operation or histopathologic examination\nPatient has at least two of the following signs or symptoms with no other recognised cause: fever (> 38 °C), localised swelling, tenderness, heat, or drainage at suspected site of bone infection\nAND at least one of the following:\norganisms cultured from blood\npositive blood antigen test (e.g. Haemophilus.influenzae, Streptococcus pneumoniae)\nradiographic evidence of infection (e.g. abnormal findings on x-ray, CT scan, MRI, radiolabel scan [gallium, technetium, etc.]).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2012/506/annex/division/3/division/3.1/division/3.1.1/division/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:15:21.976168+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}