Diagnosis of infection in a patient with implantable device with (18)F-FDG PET-CT

Rev Esp Med Nucl Imagen Mol. 2015 May-Jun;34(3):207-8. doi: 10.1016/j.remn.2014.08.002. Epub 2014 Oct 8.

Authors

A Jiménez-Ballvé¹, L F León-Ramírez², C Sánchez-Enrique³, M J Pérez-Castejón², I Vilacosta³, J L Carreras-Delgado²

Affiliations

¹ Nuclear Medicine Department, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain. Electronic address: [email protected].
² Nuclear Medicine Department, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain.
³ Cardiology Department, Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Hospital Clínico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain.

PMID: 25304845
DOI: 10.1016/j.remn.2014.08.002

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Coinfection / diagnostic imaging*
Coinfection / microbiology
Defibrillators, Implantable*
Device Removal
Female
Fluorine Radioisotopes
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / diagnostic imaging*
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology
Humans
Positron Emission Tomography Computed Tomography / methods*
Propionibacterium acnes / isolation & purification*
Radiopharmaceuticals
Staphylococcal Infections / diagnostic imaging*
Staphylococcal Infections / microbiology
Staphylococcus epidermidis / isolation & purification*
Surgical Wound Infection / diagnostic imaging*
Surgical Wound Infection / microbiology
Young Adult

Substances

Fluorine Radioisotopes
Radiopharmaceuticals
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18