# Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/945 of 22 June 2018 on the communicable diseases and related special health issues to be covered by epidemiological surveillance as well as relevant case definitions (Text with EEA relevance), Division: BJ-BONE: Osteomyelitis

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

Osteomyelitis must meet at least one of the following criteria:
Patient has organisms cultured from bone
Patient has evidence of osteomyelitis on direct examination of the bone during a surgical operation or histopathologic examination
Patient has at least 2 of the following signs or symptoms with no other recognized cause: fever (> 38 °C), localized swelling, tenderness, heat, or drainage at suspected site of bone infection
AND at least 1 of the following:
organisms cultured from blood
positive blood antigen test (for example, Haemophilus influenzae, Streptococcus pneumoniae)
radiographic evidence of infection (for example, abnormal findings on X-ray, CT scan, MRI, radiolabel scan (gallium, technetium, etc.)).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2018/945/annex/II/division/4/division/4.1/division/4.1.1/division/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-945/annex-II/division-4/division-4.1/division-4.1.1/division-1
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