# 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-SINU: Sinusitis

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

Sinusitis must meet at least 1 of the following criteria:
Patient has organisms cultured from purulent material obtained from sinus cavity
Patient has at least 1 of the following signs or symptoms with no other recognized cause: fever (> 38 °C), pain or tenderness over the involved sinus, headache, purulent exudate, or nasal obstruction
AND at least 1 of the following:
positive transillumination
positive radiographic examination (including CT scan)

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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/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-945/annex-II/division-4/division-4.1/division-4.1.6/division-5
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