Innovative and multidisciplinary, Diagnostic Imaging of Infections and Inflammatory Diseases thoroughly and systematically presents the state-or-the-art in the diagnostic uses of radiologic imaging and nuclear medicine in the diagnosis and management of infectious and inflammatory diseases. Compiling wide-ranging topics, including inflammatory bowel diseases, orthopaedic infections, tuberculosis, HIV, vascular prosthesis infection, FUO, endocarditis, rheumatoid arthritis, and neurological infections, each chapter concludes with a carefully developed algorithmic flowchart for the management of patients with inflammation and infection. This is a tremendously timely and useful reference for a broad audience of physicians. 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

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