Septic Pulmonary Emboli Detected by 18F-FDG PET/CT in a Patient with Central Venous Catheter-Related Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia

Jang Yoo; Miju Cheon

doi:10.3390/diagnostics12102479

Diagnostics (Oct 2022)

Septic Pulmonary Emboli Detected by 18F-FDG PET/CT in a Patient with Central Venous Catheter-Related Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia

Jang Yoo,
Miju Cheon

Affiliations

Jang Yoo: Department of Nuclear Medicine, VHS Medical Center, Seoul 05368, Korea
Miju Cheon: Department of Nuclear Medicine, VHS Medical Center, Seoul 05368, Korea

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/diagnostics12102479
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 10
p. 2479

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We describe a case of 18F-FDG PET/CT detecting septic pulmonary emboli in a patient with Staphylococcus aureus catheter-related bloodstream infection (CRBSI). The patient, who had an implantable venous access port for chemotherapy, underwent 18F-FDG PET/CT to diagnose unsuspected infectious foci. The PET/CT examination made it possible to offer a suggestive diagnosis and yielded metastatic infectious foci.

Published in Diagnostics

ISSN: 2075-4418 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
Website: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/diagnostics

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