# 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-UR: Upper respiratory tract, pharyngitis, laryngitis, epiglottitis

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

Upper respiratory tract infections must meet at least one of the following criteria:
Patient has at least two of the following signs or symptoms with no other recognised cause: fever (> 38 °C), erythema of pharynx, sore throat, cough, hoarseness, or purulent exudate in throat
AND at least one of the following:
organisms cultured from the specific site
organisms cultured from blood
positive antigen test on blood or respiratory secretions
diagnostic single antibody titer (IgM) or four-fold increase in paired sera (IgG) for pathogen
physician diagnosis of an upper respiratory infection
Patient has an abscess seen on direct examination, during a surgical operation, or during a histopathologic examination

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2012/506/annex/division/3/division/3.1/division/3.1.6/division/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2012-506/annex/division-3/division-3.1/division-3.1.6/division-6
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