Superiority of 18F-FDG PET compared to 111In-labelled leucocyte scintigraphy in the evaluation of fever of unknown origin

Journal of Infection

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 71-79

  Seshadri, N ^a,b   Sonoda, L I ^a,c   Lever, A M ^a   Balan, K ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c Strickland Scanner Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

111In labelled leucocyte scintigraphy; Fever of unknown origin (FUO); Fluorodeoxyglucose; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; INDIUM CHLORIDE IN 111; TROPOLONE IN 111; INDIUM; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ARCH SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROHN DISEASE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DRUG UPTAKE; EPIDIDYMITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT INFECTION; HUMAN; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; LEUKOCYTE SCINTIGRAPHY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PNEUMOCYSTOSIS; PNEUMONIA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSOAS ABSCESS; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; Q FEVER; RHEUMATIC POLYMYALGIA; SALMONELLOSIS; SCINTIGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUBERCULOSIS; VASCULITIS; EVALUATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PARVOVIRUS; SCINTISCANNING; STAINING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; INDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARVOVIRUS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 84861478450     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: 15322742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2012.02.008     Document Type: Article

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