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SUBMITTER: Fragio-Gil JJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6690638 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Radiology case reports 20190803 10
We present the case of a 70 years old woman with infectious discitis which was detected using Fluorine fluodeoxiglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (18F-FDG PET/CT), after a negative magnetic resonance imaging. A <i>Streptococuss gallolyticus</i> (<i>bovis</i> gender bacteria) grow on culture. In addition 18F-FDG PET also demonstrated infectious endocarditis which was confirmed by transesophageal echocardiography and a colonic neoplasm. Here we have highlighted the potential ...[more]