Utility of FDG PET/CT in guiding antifungal therapy in acute leukemia patients with chronic disseminated candidiasis

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 567-570

  Xu, Bing ^a   Shi, Pengcheng ^a   Wu, Hubing ^a   Guo, Xutao ^a   Wang, Quanshi ^a   Zhou, Shuyun ^a  

^a SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

chronic disseminated candidiasis; leukemia; PET CT; treatment guiding

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY CD33; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VORICONAZOLE;

ACUTE LEUKEMIA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANDIDIASIS; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; TREATMENT PLANNING; COMPLICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC USE; LEUKEMIA; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDIASIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955130784     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e3181e4db84     Document Type: Article

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