Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/945Show full 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)

3.41.SHIGELLOSISU.K.

Clinical Criteria U.K.

Any person with at least one of the following four:

  • Diarrhoea

  • Fever

  • Vomiting

  • Abdominal pain

Laboratory Criteria U.K.

For a confirmed case:

  • Isolation of Shigella spp. from a clinical specimen

For a probable case:

  • Detection of Shigella spp. nucleic acid in a clinical specimen

Note: Antimicrobial susceptibility testing of Shigella should be performed, if possibleU.K.

Epidemiological Criteria U.K.

At least one of the following four epidemiological links:

  • Human to human transmission

  • Exposure to a common source

  • Exposure to contaminated food/drinking water

  • Environmental exposure

Case Classification U.K.
A.

Possible case NA

B.

Probable case

Any person meeting the clinical criteria with an epidemiological link

OR

Any person meeting the clinical criteria and laboratory criteria for a probable case

C.

Confirmed case

Any person meeting the clinical and the laboratory criteria for a confirmed case

Note: If the national surveillance system is not capturing clinical symptoms, all laboratory-confirmed individuals should be reported as confirmed cases.U.K.

Antimicrobial resistance U.K.

The results of antimicrobial susceptibility tests must be reported according to the methods and criteria agreed between ECDC and Member States.