Targeted Bacteria-Specific ¹⁸F-Fluoro-Maltohexaose But Not FDG PET Distinguishes Infection From Inflammation

JACC Cardiovasc Imaging. 2019 May;12(5):887-889. doi: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2018.03.008. Epub 2018 Apr 18.

Authors

Mohammad M Sajadi¹, Wengen Chen², Vasken Dilsizian²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Division of Clinical Care and Research, Institute of Human Virology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland. Electronic address: msajadi@ihv.umaryland.edu.
² Department of Diagnostic Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland.

PMID: 29680348
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcmg.2018.03.008

No abstract available

Keywords: cardiac implantable electronic devices; fluorescent imaging; infection; optical imaging.

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MeSH terms

Bacteria
Bacterial Infections*
Defibrillators, Implantable*
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
Humans
Infections*
Inflammation
Oligosaccharides
Positron-Emission Tomography

Substances

Oligosaccharides
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
maltohexaose