18F-FDG PET/CT in the diagnosis of occult bacterial infections in children

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 172, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1111-1115

  Del Rosal, Teresa ^a   Goycochea, Walter A ^a   Méndez Echevarría, Ana ^a   García Fernández De Villalta, Marta ^a   Baquero Artigao, Fernando ^a   Coronado, Mónica ^a   Marín, Maria Dolores ^a   Albajara, Luis ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO LA PAZ   (Spain)

Author keywords

Children; FDG PET CT; Fever of unknown origin; Occult bacterial infection; Pediatrics

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; GENTAMICIN; MEROPENEM; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BARIATRIC SURGERY; BRAIN AQUEDUCT STENOSIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DEXTROCARDIA; DIAPHRAGM PARALYSIS; ENDOCARDITIS; FATTY LIVER; FEMALE; FEVER; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; HYPERTRANSAMINASEMIA; LIVER INJURY; LUNG HYPOPLASIA; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; OCCULT BACTERIAL INFECTION; OSTEOMYELITIS; PET SCANNER; PLEURA EFFUSION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOCYST; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPTIC SHOCK; SPLEEN ABSCESS; SPLENECTOMY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WILSON DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; METHODOLOGY; SCINTISCANNING; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC USE; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; PROCEDURES;

ADOLESCENT; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD; FEMALE; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MALE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84881085710     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: 14321076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-013-1983-x     Document Type: Article

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