Type of infection

Clinical and/or

radiological criteria

Bacteriology

Minimum criteria for the diagnosis

Infection of operative site

- Pus (1)

- Runny sero-bloodstream (2)

- Redness and/or warm (3)

- Fever > or = 38˚C (4)

- Positive urine culture (18)

1

2 + 18

3 + 18

Urinary tract infection

- Low back pain

- or suprapubic (5)

- Dysuria or pollakiuria (6)

- Fever > or = 38˚C

- Orchills (7)

- Positive urine culture (>105 Germs/ml) (19)

- two positive urine cultures (20)

5 + 6 + 7

5 + 7 + 19

6 + 19

20

Pulmonary infection

- Fever (8)

- Cough (9)

- Purulent expectoration or secretion (10)

- Signs of home examination (11)

- Clinical signs of pleural effusion (12)

- Radiological image of pneumonitis or abscess (13)

Isolation of pathogen in expectoration products

And or in the blood (21)

- 11 + three other criteria

13 + three other criteria

two criteria after ndotracheal manoeuvres

(Ex: 8 + 9, 9 + 10…)

Infection on catheter

- Pus (14)

- Runny sero-bloodstream (15)

- Redness and/or warm (16)

- Fever ≥ 38˚C disappearing at catheter removal (17)

- Positive urine culture (22)