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Head-to-Head Comparison of<sup>68</sup>Ga-Citrate and<sup>18</sup>F-FDG PET/CT for Detection of Infectious Foci in Patients with<i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>Bacteraemia

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2017

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Soile Pauliina Salomäki, Jukka Kemppainen, Ulla Hohenthal, Pauliina Luoto, Olli Eskola, Pirjo Nuutila, Marko Seppänen, Laura Pirilä, Jarmo Oksi, Anne Roivainen
Contrast Media & Molecular Imaging

Abstract

Our small cohort of patients with <i>S. aureus</i> bacteraemia revealed that <sup>68</sup>Ga-citrate PET/CT is comparable to <sup>18</sup>F-FDG PET/CT for detection of osteomyelitis, whereas <sup>18</sup>F-FDG resulted in a higher signal for the detection of soft tissue infectious foci.

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