Description
Book SynopsisThoroughly and systematically presents the state-of-the-art in the diagnostic uses of radiologic imaging and nuclear medicine in the diagnosis and management of infectious and inflammatory diseases Although our understanding of microorganisms has advanced significantly and antimicrobial therapy has become increasingly available, infection remains a major cause of patient morbidity and mortality. Imaging of infection and inflammation provides a classic example of radiology and nuclear medicine's strengths as well as weaknesses in the discovery and diagnosis of disease. Fortunately, the weaknesses are subsiding as new studies and techniques point to better planning and precision in the use of single and combined imaging modalities.
Diagnostic Imaging of Infections and Inflammatory Diseases: A Multidisciplinary Approach deals with the very latest developments in the use of radiologic techniques and modalities in the management of patients with a host of infectious
Table of Contents
List of Contributors, vii
Foreword, ix
Preface, x
Part I Infections and Host Response
1 Epidemiology of Infections in the New Century, 3
Nicola Petrosillo
2 Bacterial Osteomyelitis: The Clinician’s Point of View, 15
Ilker Uçkay, Nicolas Christian Buchs, Khalid Seghrouchni, Mathieu Assal, Pierre Hoffmeyer and Daniel Lew
Part II Radiological Imaging
3 Radiological Imaging of Osteomyelitis, 29
Jenny T. Bencardino, Zoraida Restrepo-Velez, Randall Bujan and Diego Jaramillo
4 Radiological Imaging of Spine Infection, 54
Ana María Quintero and Roy Riascos
5 Radiological Imaging of Soft Tissue Infections, 75
Carolina Whittle and Giancarlo Schiappacasse
6 Radiological Imaging of Abdominal Infections and Inflammatory Disease, 91
Carolina Whittle, Giancarlo Schiappacasse and Francesca Maccioni
7 Radiological Imaging of Vascular Graft Infection, 118
Alejandro Romero, Tobias Zander, Jorge Lopera, Sergi Quiroga and Manuel Maynar
8 Radiological Imaging of Tuberculosis and Human Immunodefi ciency Virus, 135
Jorge Carrillo
Part III Nuclear Medicine Imaging
9 Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Infections: Techniques, Acquisition Protocols and Interpretation Criteria, 149
Alberto Signore
10 Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Osteomyelitis: White Blood Cell, Monoclonal Antibody, or Bacterial Imaging?, 168
Christopher J. Palestro
11 Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Spondylodiscitis: The Emerging Role of PET, 187
Elena Lazzeri, Paola Anna Erba, Martina Sollini and Giuliano Mariani
12 Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Soft Tissue Infections, 199
Bárbara Morales Klinkert
13 Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Infections and Inflammatory Diseases of the Abdomen, 216
Josep Martín Comín, Alba Rodríguez Gasén and Christophe Van de Wiele
14 Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Vascular Graft Infection: The Added Role of Hybrid Imaging, 241
Ora Israel
15 Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Tuberculosis and Human Immunodeficiency Virus, 255
Mike Sathekge, Christophe Van de Wiele and Alberto Signore
16 Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Fever of Unknown Origin, 273
François-Xavier Hanin and François Jamar
17 Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Inflammatory Diseases, 291
Marco Chianelli, Gaurav Malviya, Andor W.J.M. Glaudemans and Alberto Signore
Index, 323
