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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-945/annex-II/division-4/division-4.1/division-4.1.13/division-5",
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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/4.1.13/division/5",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "SST-BRST: Breast abscess or mastitis",
  "text": "A breast abscess or mastitis must meet at least one of the following criteria:\nPatient has a positive culture of affected breast tissue or fluid obtained by incision and drainage or needle aspiration\nPatient has a breast abscess or other evidence of infection seen during a surgical operation or histopathologic examination\nPatient has fever (> 38 °C) and local inflammation of the breast\nAND physician diagnosis of breast abscess",
  "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/4.1.13/division/5",
    "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."
}