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The Imaging of Infection and Inflammation

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  • © 1998

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Editors:
  1. Peter H. Cox

    1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Dr Daniel den Hoed Cancer Center, University Hospital Rotterdam, The Netherlands

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  2. John R. Buscombe

    1. Department of Nuclear Medicine, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK

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Part of the book series: Developments in Nuclear Medicine (DNUM, volume 31)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Infection in Hospitals

    • R. Baker, A. Zumla, B. S. Peters
    Pages 1-19

  3. Radiopharmaceuticals for Imaging Infectious and Inflammatory Foci

    • Peter H. Cox
    Pages 21-29

  4. Labelled Cells for Imaging Infection

    • Charles B. Sampson
    Pages 31-60

  5. Microdosimetry in Labelled Leucocytes

    • Philip J. Blower
    Pages 61-80

  6. The Thorax

    • Michael J. O’Doherty
    Pages 81-116

  7. Pyrexia of Unknown Origin

    • A. M. Peters, D. Shnier
    Pages 117-139

  8. Imaging Infection in Patients with Immunodeficiency and Multi-Organ Failure

    • J. R. Buscombe
    Pages 141-160

  9. Inflammatory Bowel Disease

    • Michael J. Weldon
    Pages 161-182

  10. Imaging Abdominal Sepsis

    • D. P. Clarke, J. R. Buscombe
    Pages 183-197

  11. Bone and Soft Tissue

    • Wolfgang Becker
    Pages 199-217

  12. Imaging Bacterial Infection with a Radiolabelled Antibiotic

    • Ravi Kashyap, Sobhan Vinjamuri, Anne V. Hall, Satya S. Das, Kishore K. Solanki, Keith E. Britton
    Pages 219-227

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 229-230
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About this book

Despite 50 years of antibiotics, infection remains a major source of both morbidity and mortality. Immunosuppression, either secondary to drugs in transplant recipients or secondary to HIV, has expanded the number of microorganisms that are known to be pathogenic in man.
Imaging of infection has a vital role both in the initial diagnosis and in the continuing management of patients with infection or suspected infection. Functional imaging using nuclear medicine techniques has a unique role to play in identifying sites of infection in a wide range of patients with varying clinical conditions.
This book, written by a series of experts not just in the fields of nuclear medicine but also infectious disease and radiology, discusses the role of nuclear medicine in three parts:
  • a review of the pathophysiology of infection;
  • a technical description of those nuclear medicine techniques which can be used in imaging infection;
  • an extensive systematic review including thoracic, abdominal and orthopaedic infection as well as a special section on the acutely ill patient, the immunosuppressed patient and the patient with pyrexia of unknown origin.

This book will be of interest to all clinicians looking after patients with infection and who need to use imaging techniques. It will also be of use to radiologists and nuclear medicine physicians who will be using these techniques clinically.

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`... this book is an excellent text for professionals in nuclear medicine and infectious diseases. It is a reference book appropriate for all nuclear medicine libraries.'
European Journal of Nuclear Medicine, 26:8 (1999)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Dr Daniel den Hoed Cancer Center, University Hospital Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    Peter H. Cox

  • Department of Nuclear Medicine, Royal Free Hospital, London, UK

    John R. Buscombe

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