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EORTC/MSG definitions

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Definitions - Clinical features<br />

Lower respiratory tract infection<br />

Cough, chest pain, haemoptysis, dyspnoea<br />

Physical finding of pleural rub<br />

Any new infiltrate not fulfilling major criterion<br />

Sinonasal infection<br />

MINOR<br />

= 2<br />

Clinical<br />

feature<br />

Nasal discharge. stuffiness<br />

Nose ulceration. eschar or epistaxis<br />

Periorbital swelling<br />

Maxillary tenderness<br />

Black necrotic lesions or perforation of the hard-palate<br />

2002<br />

CNS infection<br />

CSF<br />

No pathogens<br />

no malignant cells<br />

abnormal biochemistry<br />

abnormal cell count<br />

Focal neurological<br />

seizures<br />

hemiparesis<br />

cranial nerve palsy<br />

Mental changes<br />

Meningeal irritation

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