The Imaging of Infection and Inflammation
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 v...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
1998, 1998
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1998 |
| Series: | Developments in Nuclear Medicine
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
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