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Diagnosis of Candida lung abscesses by 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography
C P Bleeker-Rovers1, A Warris, J P H Drenth
1Department of Internal Medicine, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands. c.bleeker-rovers@nucmed.umcn.nl
Abstract:
In three patients with catheter-associated candidaemia, use of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) led to the diagnosis of Candida lung abscesses, which was confirmed by computed tomography and a favourable response to antifungal therapy. It was concluded that FDG-PET is a promising new imaging technique that enables early identification of sites of disseminated candidiasis, and that this technique can be used in the evaluation of therapy.
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