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Rifaximin suppresses background intestinal 18F-FDG uptake on PET/CT scans

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15

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18

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2014

Year

Elisa Franquet, M. PALMER, Anne E. Gifford, Daryl J. Selen, Yih-Chieh S. Chen, Neda I. Sedora-Román, Robin Joyce, Gerald M. Kolodny, Alan C. Moss
Nuclear Medicine Communications

Abstract

This pilot study shows that treatment with rifaximin for 2 days before PET/CT scanning can significantly reduce physiological F-FDG uptake in the normal colonic lumen.

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