# 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), Division: BJ-BONE: Osteomyelitis

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Osteomyelitis must meet at least one of the following criteria:
Patient has organisms cultured from bone
Patient has evidence of osteomyelitis on direct examination of the bone during a surgical operation or histopathologic examination
Patient 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
AND at least one of the following:
organisms cultured from blood
positive blood antigen test (e.g. Haemophilus.influenzae, Streptococcus pneumoniae)
radiographic evidence of infection (e.g. abnormal findings on x-ray, CT scan, MRI, radiolabel scan [gallium, technetium, etc.]).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2012/506/annex/division/3/division/3.1/division/3.1.1/division/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2012-506/annex/division-3/division-3.1/division-3.1.1/division-1
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