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SUBMITTER: Salomaki SP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5664237 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Salomäki Soile P SP Kemppainen Jukka J Hohenthal Ulla U Luoto Pauliina P Eskola Olli O Nuutila Pirjo P Seppänen Marko M Pirilä Laura L Oksi Jarmo J Roivainen Anne A
Contrast media & molecular imaging 20171017
<h4>Purpose</h4>This study evaluated the potential of <sup>68</sup>Ga-citrate positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) for the detection of infectious foci in patients with <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> bacteraemia by comparing it with 2-[<sup>18</sup>F]fluoro-2-deoxy-<i>D</i>-glucose (<sup>18</sup>F-FDG) PET/CT.<h4>Methods</h4>Four patients admitted to hospital due to <i>S. aureus</i> bacteraemia underwent both <sup>18</sup>F-FDG and <sup>68</sup>Ga-citrate whole-body PET/CT sca ...[more]