# 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: LRI-LUNG: Other infections of the lower respiratory tract

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

Other infections of the lower respiratory tract must meet at least one of the following criteria:
Patient has organisms seen on smear or cultured from lung tissue or fluid, including pleural fluid
Patient has a lung abscess or empyema seen during a surgical operation or histopathologic examination
Patient has an abscess cavity seen on radiographic examination of lung

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2018/945/annex/II/division/4/division/4.1/division/4.1.8/division/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2018-945/annex-II/division-4/division-4.1/division-4.1.8/division-2
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