F-18 FDG PET in the diagnosis and monitoring of salmonella vertebral osteomyelitis: A comparison with MRI

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 437-440

  Win, Zarni ^a   O'Flynn, Elizabeth ^a   O'Rourke, Edward J ^a   Singh, Avril ^a   Cooke, Graham S ^a   Friedland, Jon S ^a   Al Nahhas, Adil ^a  

^a HAMMERSMITH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

F 18 FDG PET; Infective discitis; Magnetic resonance imaging; MRI; Salmonella; Vertebral osteomyelitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLOSIS; VERTEBRA;

BACTEREMIA; DISCITIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; INDIA; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; PARATYPHOID FEVER; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SACRUM; SALMONELLA PARATYPHI A; SPONDYLITIS; TRAVEL;

EID: 33748191585     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000225028.30936.c5     Document Type: Article

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