# 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: GI-IAB: Intraabdominal, not specified elsewhere including gallbladder, bile ducts, liver (excluding viral hepatitis), spleen, pancreas, peritoneum, subphrenic or subdiaphragmatic space, or other intraabdominal tissue or area not specified elsewhere

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

Intraabdominal infections must meet at least one of the following criteria:
Patient has organisms cultured from purulent material from intraabdominal space obtained during a surgical operation or needle aspiration
Patient has abscess or other evidence of intraabdominal infection seen 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), nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, or jaundice
AND at least one of the following:
organisms cultured from drainage from surgically placed drain (e.g. closed suction drainage system, open drain, T-tube drain)
organisms seen on Gram’s stain of drainage or tissue obtained during surgical operation or needle aspiration
organisms cultured from blood and radiographic evidence of infection (e.g. abnormal findings on ultrasound, CT scan, MRI, or radiolabel scans [gallium, technetium, etc.] or on abdominal x-ray)

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2012/506/annex/division/3/division/3.1/division/3.1.7/division/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2012-506/annex/division-3/division-3.1/division-3.1.7/division-5
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