F-18 FDG PET in infectious diseases in children

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 593-598

  Depas, Gisele ^a   Decortis, Thierry ^a   Francotte, Nadine ^a   Bricteux, Guy ^a   Hustinx, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Children; FDG PET; Infection; Inflammation; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ACUTE MYELOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURETTAGE; DISKITIS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCEPHALUS; HYPERMETABOLISM; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED PATIENT; LUNG ASPERGILLOSIS; LUNG BIOPSY; MALE; NEUROBLASTOMA; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; PATIENT CARE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PULMONARY CANDIDIASIS; SEPTICEMIA; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MYCOSES; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS;

EID: 34547677934     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e3180a1abe8     Document Type: Article

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