Hidden clotted vascular access infection diagnosed by fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography

Nephrology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 264-265

  Carlos, Musso G ^a   Juliana, Reynaldi ^a   Matilde, Navarro ^a   Marcelo, Vallone ^a   Paula, Enz ^a   Fernando, Vazquez ^a   Ricardo, Galimberti ^a   Luis, Algranati ^a  

^a HOSPITAL ITALIANO DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; BLOOD VESSEL GRAFT; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; GRAFT INFECTION; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPSIS; VASCULAR ACCESS;

ADULT; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT, SURGICAL; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; BURKHOLDERIA INFECTIONS; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; GRAFT OCCLUSION, VASCULAR; HUMANS; MALE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 40349097917     PISSN: 13205358     EISSN: 14401797     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1797.2007.00837.x     Document Type: Article

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