# 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: LRI-LUNG: Other infections of the lower respiratory tract

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

Other infections of the lower respiratory tract must meet at least one of the following criteria:
Patient has organisms seen on smear or cultured from lung tissue or fluid, including pleural fluid
Patient has a lung abscess or empyema seen during a surgical operation or histopathologic examination
Patient has an abscess cavity seen on radiographic examination of lung

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2012/506/annex/division/3/division/3.1/division/3.1.8/division/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2012-506/annex/division-3/division-3.1/division-3.1.8/division-2
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