# 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: EENT-EYE: Eye, other than conjunctivitis

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

An infection of the eye, other than conjunctivitis, must meet at least one of the following criteria:
Patient has organisms cultured from anterior or posterior chamber or vitreous fluid
Patient has at least 2 of the following signs or symptoms with no other recognized cause: eye pain, visual disturbance, or hypopyon
AND at least 1 of the following:
physician diagnosis of an eye infection
positive antigen test on blood (for example, Haemophilus influenzae, Streptococcus pneumoniae)
organisms cultured from blood

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2018/945/annex/II/division/4/division/4.1/division/4.1.6/division/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-945/annex-II/division-4/division-4.1/division-4.1.6/division-2
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