F-18 FDG PET/CT in the management of infected abdominal aortic aneurysm due to salmonella

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 492-495

  Choi, Seung Jin ^a   Lee, Jin Soo ^b   Cheong, Moon Hyun ^b   Byun, Sung Su ^c   Hyun, In Young ^a,c  

^a Departments of Nuclear Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Departments of Internal Medicine

^c Inha University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Aorta; CT; FDG PET CT; Mycotic; Salmonella

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; AORTITIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLOSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HYPERTENSION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; SCINTISCANNING;

AGED; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; CIPROFLOXACIN; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA INFECTIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 52249087373     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e31817793a0     Document Type: Article

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