# 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: CVS-MED: Mediastinitis

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

Mediastinitis must meet at least one of the following criteria:
Patient has organisms cultured from mediastinal tissue or fluid obtained during a surgical operation or needle aspiration
Patient has evidence of mediastinitis seen during a surgical operation or histopathologic examination
Patient has at least one of the following signs or symptoms with no other recognised cause: fever (> 38 °C), chest pain, or sternal instability
AND at least one of the following:
purulent discharge from mediastinal area
organisms cultured from blood or discharge from mediastinal area
mediastinal widening on x-ray

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2012/506/annex/division/3/division/3.1/division/3.1.5/division/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2012-506/annex/division-3/division-3.1/division-3.1.5/division-4
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