Potential role of18F-FDG PET/CT in patients with fungal infections

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 203, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 180-189

  Sharma, Punit ^a   Mukherjee, Anirban ^a   Karunanithi, Sellam ^a   Bal, Chandrasekhar ^a   Kumar, Rakesh ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Aspergillosis; Candidiasis; Cryptococcosis; Fungal infection; Histoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT;

18F-FDG PET/CT; ASPERGILLOSIS; BIOPSY; CANDIDIASIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HISTOPLASMOSIS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; MYCOSIS; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SCINTISCANNING; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

18F-FDG PET/CT; ASPERGILLOSIS; CANDIDIASIS; CRYPTOCOCCOSIS; FUNGAL INFECTION; HISTOPLASMOSIS;

BIOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HUMANS; MULTIMODAL IMAGING; MYCOSES; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WHOLE BODY IMAGING;

EID: 84906080066     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: 15463141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.13.11712     Document Type: Review

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