Disappearance of FDG uptake on PET scan after antimicrobial therapy could help for the diagnosis of Coxiella burnetii spondylodiscitis

BMJ Case Rep. 2016 Mar 25:2016:bcr2015214008. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2015-214008.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Infective Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Back Pain / etiology
  • Biopsy
  • Coxiella burnetii
  • Discitis / complications
  • Discitis / diagnosis*
  • Discitis / drug therapy*
  • Doxycycline / therapeutic use
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18 / pharmacokinetics*
  • Humans
  • Hydroxychloroquine / therapeutic use
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Positron-Emission Tomography / methods*
  • Q Fever / complications
  • Q Fever / diagnosis*
  • Q Fever / drug therapy*

Substances

  • Anti-Infective Agents
  • Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
  • Hydroxychloroquine
  • Doxycycline