The Imaging of Infection and Inflammation

Author:   P.H. Cox ,  J.R. Buscombe
Publisher:   Springer
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1998
Volume:   31
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9789401060943


Pages:   230
Publication Date:   17 October 2012
Format:   Paperback
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The Imaging of Infection and Inflammation


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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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Author:   P.H. Cox ,  J.R. Buscombe
Publisher:   Springer
Imprint:   Springer
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1998
Volume:   31
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 24.00cm
Weight:   0.396kg
ISBN:  

9789401060943


ISBN 10:   9401060940
Pages:   230
Publication Date:   17 October 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

1. Infection in Hospitals.- 2. Radiopharmaceuticals for imaging infectious and inflammatory foci.- 3. Labelled Cells for Imaging infection.- 4. Microdosimetry in labelled Leukocytes.- 5. The Thorax.- 6. Pyrexia of unknown origin.- 7. Imaging of infection in patients with immunodeficiency and multi-organ failure J.R. Buscombe.- 8. Inflammatory Bowel Disease.- 9. Imaging Abdominal Sepsi.- 10. Bone and Soft Tissue.- 11. Imaging Bacterial Infection with a radiolabelled antibiotic.

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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)


'... 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)


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