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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-945/annex-II/division-4/division-4.1/division-4.1.1/division-2",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2018/945",
  "legislation_title": "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)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-945",
  "path": "annex/II/division/4/division/4.1/division/4.1.1/division/2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "BJ-JNT: Joint or bursa",
  "text": "Joint or bursa infections must meet at least one of the following criteria:\nPatient has organisms cultured from joint fluid or synovial biopsy\nPatient has evidence of joint or bursa infection seen during a surgical operation or histopathologic examination\nPatient has at least two of the following signs or symptoms with no other recognized cause: joint pain, swelling, tenderness, heat, evidence of effusion or limitation of motion\nAND at least one of the following:\norganisms and white blood cells seen on Gram's stain of joint fluid\npositive antigen test on blood, urine, or joint fluid\ncellular profile and chemistries of joint fluid compatible with infection and not explained by an underlying rheumatologic disorder\nradiographic evidence of infection (for example, abnormal findings on X-ray, CT scan, MRI, radiolabel scan (gallium, technetium, etc.))",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2018/945/annex/II/division/4/division/4.1/division/4.1.1/division/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:13:03.598650+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}