# 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: EENT-EYE: Eye, other than conjunctivitis

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

An infection of the eye, other than conjunctivitis, must meet at least one of the following criteria:
Patient has organisms cultured from anterior or posterior chamber or vitreous fluid
Patient has at least two of the following signs or symptoms with no other recognised cause: eye pain, visual disturbance, or hypopyon
AND at least one of the following:
physician diagnosis of an eye infection
positive antigen test on blood (e.g. Haemophilus influenzae, Streptococcus pneumoniae)
organisms cultured from blood

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2012/506/annex/division/3/division/3.1/division/3.1.6/division/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2012-506/annex/division-3/division-3.1/division-3.1.6/division-2
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