F-18 FDG PET/CT in the diagnosis of fever of unknown origin

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 862-868

  Balink, Hans ^a   Collins, James ^a   Bruyn, George ^a   Gemmel, Filip ^a  

^a MEDICAL CENTER LEEUWARDEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

F18 FDG PET CT; Fever of unknown origin; Infection; Inflammation

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRUG UPTAKE; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT REJECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SYSTEMIC DISEASE;

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

EID: 74249109314     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e3181becfb1     Document Type: Article

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