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) |
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