Ana Maria Quintero & Alberto Signore 
Diagnostic Imaging of Infections and Inflammatory Diseases [EPUB ebook] 
A Multidiscplinary Approach

Thoroughly 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 and
inflammatory diseases. Tremendously timely and useful, this
innovative, multidisciplinary book covers a wide range of topics in
three parts:

PART 1: Infections and Host Response

* Epidemiology of Infections in the New Century

* Bacterial Osteomyelitis: the Clinician Point of View

PART 2: Radiological Imaging

* Radiological Imaging of Osteomyelitis

* Radiological Imaging of Spine Infection

* Radiological Imaging of Soft Tissue Infections

* Radiological Imaging of Abdominal Infections and Inflammatory
Disease

* Radiological Imaging of Vascular Graft Infection

* Radiological Imaging of TB and HIV

PART 3: Nuclear Medicine Imaging

* Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Infections: Techniques, Acquisition
Protocols, and Interpretation Criteria

* Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Osteomyelitis: WBC, Monoclonal
Antibody, or Bacterial Imaging?

* Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Spondylodiscitis: The Emerging Role
of PET

* Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Soft Tissue Infections

* Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Infections and Inflammatory
Diseases of the Abdomen

* Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Vascular Graft Infections: The
Added Role of Hybrid Imaging

* Nuclear Medicine Imaging of TB and HIV

* Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Fever of Unknown Origin

* Nuclear Medicine Imaging of Inflammatory Diseases

Along with carefully developed clinical cases describing the
management of patients with inflammation and infection,
Diagnostic Imaging of Infections and Inflammatory Diseases
is an ideal guide for radiologists and nuclear medicine physicians
as well as clinical specialists from many other fields.

Tabla de materias

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

Sobre el autor

EDITED BY

Alberto Signore, MD, Ph D

Professor of Nuclear Medicine, Nuclear Medicine Unit, Department of
Medical-Surgical Sciences and of Translational Medicine, Faculty of
Medicine and Psychology, ‘Sapienza’ University, Rome,
Italy

Ana María Quintero, MD

Radiologist, Department of Radiology, Clinica Reina Sofia, Clinica
Colsanitas, Bogotá, Colombia