Place of 18F-FDG-PET with computed tomography in the diagnostic algorithm of patients with fever of unknown origin

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1727-1733

  Crouzet, J ^a   Boudousq, V ^a,b   Lechiche, C ^a   Pouget, J P ^a,c   Kotzki, P O ^a   Collombier, L ^a   Lavigne, J P ^a,d   Sotto, A ^a,d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROLOGY   (France)

^b UNIV MONTPELLIER   (France)

^c INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE IRSN   (France)

^d INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84866401442     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-011-1440-6     Document Type: Article

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