Fever of unknown origin: The role of 18F-FDG PET/CT

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1980-1985

  Keidar, Zohar ^a,b   Gurman Balbir, Alexandra ^c   Gaitini, Diana ^a,b   Israel, Ora ^a,b  

^a Rambam Health Care Campus ^*  (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c B Shine Department of Rheumatology   (Israel)

Author keywords

Fever; Infection; Infectious disease; Inflammation; PET; PET CT

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PERFORMANCE; POPULATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBTRACTION TECHNIQUE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57149121201     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2967/jnumed.108.054692     Document Type: Article

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