Follow-up of acute osteomyelitis in children: The possible role of PET/CT in selected cases

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1550-1556

  Warmann, Steven W ^a   Dittmann, Helmut ^b   Seitz, Guido ^a   Bares, Roland ^b   Fuchs, Jörg ^a   Schäfer, Jürgen F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computed Tomography (CT); Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI); Osteomyelitis; Positron Emission Tomography (PET)

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ARTICLE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINDAMYCIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; PENICILLIN G; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80051866189     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: 15315037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2010.11.037     Document Type: Article

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