N uclear medicine plays an important role in the evaluation of inflammation and infection. Radionuclide imaging is complementary to CT in the postoperative patient and is used to help differentiate postoperative changes from infection. In the case of painful joint replacement, radionuclide studies are the primary diagnostic imaging modality for differentiating infection from other causes of pro...

Abstract Musculoskeletal infection can be an urgent or emergent clinical issue. Accurate imaging diagnosis is essential part of the treatment algorithm. This review addresses advantages available modalities and radiologic appearance various manifestations infection. Controversies are addressed, including use term “osteitis.” Finally, differential reviewed, such as inflammatory arthropathies tum...

Key words: urinary tract infection; complicating urin-even when renal involvement is present. Nevertheless it is useful to distinguish between upper and lower ary tract infection; recurrent urinary tract infection; radiological imaging; treatment; prevention UTI because treatment differs. The question arises whether localization studies should be performed or whether it is sufficient to monitor...

There are numerous imaging tests for diagnosing musculoskeletal infection. Radiographs are routinely performed, because even when not diagnostic, they provide an anatomic overview of the region of interest that could influence subsequent procedure selection and interpretation. MRI is sensitive and provides superb anatomic detail. Bone scintigraphy accurately diagnoses osteomyelitis in bones not...

With a current annual mortality rate of around 35% worldwide, infection remains a significant concern, and the diagnosis and localization of infectious foci is an important health issue. As an established infection-imaging modality, nuclear medicine plays a vital health-care role in the diagnosis and subsequent effective treatment of this condition. Despite the development of several newer radi...

conclusions cerebral toxoplasmosis can occur outside the setting of advanced hiv immunodeficiency or drug-induced immunosuppression. this highlights the fact that it should be considered in the differential diagnosis of opportunistic infections in hiv-negative patients. case presentation a case of cerebral toxoplasmosis is reported in a healthy 39-year-old woman who was admitted to hospital wit...

  Abstract   Malacoplakia is a rare chronic inflammatory disease associated with infection and immunosuppression, and very few occurrences have been reported in the bone. The authors describe the case of a 22-year-old woman with paraplegia and urinary and fecal incontinence whose thoracic spine Magnetic Resonance Imaging suggested a tumoral or extensive inflammatory process in the body of the 8...