18-F fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography indicating unsuspected infections in two patients with dermatomyositis

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Bachmeyer, C ^a   Kerrou, K ^a   Chosidow, O ^a   Frances, C ^a   Montravers, F ^a  

^a HÔPITAL TENON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFOTAXIME; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; HYDROXYCHLOROQUINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHOTREXATE; METRONIDAZOLE; PREDNISOLONE;

ABSCESS; ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLONOSCOPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DERMATOMYOSITIS; DIARRHEA; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NECK ABSCESS; NECK INJURY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ABSCESS; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; DERMATOMYOSITIS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORGANELLA MORGANII; NEOPLASM STAGING; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 72549112259     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2009.03496.x     Document Type: Article

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