{"database":"biostudies-literature","file_versions":[],"scores":null,"additional":{"omics_type":["Unknown"],"volume":["2017"],"submitter":["Salomaki SP"],"pubmed_abstract":["This study evaluated the potential of 68Ga-citrate positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) for the detection of infectious foci in patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia by comparing it with 2-[18F]fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (18F-FDG) PET/CT.Four patients admitted to hospital due to S. aureus bacteraemia underwent both 18F-FDG and 68Ga-citrate whole-body PET/CT scans to detect infectious foci.The time from hospital admission and the initiation of antibiotic treatment to the first PET/CT was 4-10 days. The time interval between 18F-FDG and 68Ga-citrate PET/CT was 1-4 days. Three patients had vertebral osteomyelitis (spondylodiscitis) and one had osteomyelitis in the toe; these were detected by both 18F-FDG (maximum standardised uptake value [SUVmax] 6.0 ± 1.0) and 68Ga-citrate (SUVmax??6.8 ± 3.5, P = 0.61). Three patients had soft tissue infectious foci, with more intense 18F-FDG uptake (SUVmax??6.5 ± 2.5) than 68Ga-citrate uptake (SUVmax??3.9 ± 1.2, P = 0.0033).Our small cohort of patients with S. aureus bacteraemia revealed that 68Ga-citrate PET/CT is comparable to 18F-FDG PET/CT for detection of osteomyelitis, whereas 18F-FDG resulted in a higher signal for the detection of soft tissue infectious foci."],"journal":["Contrast media & molecular imaging"],"pagination":["3179607"],"full_dataset_link":["https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC5664237"],"repository":["biostudies-literature"],"pubmed_title":["Head-to-Head Comparison of 68Ga-Citrate and 18F-FDG PET/CT for Detection of Infectious Foci in Patients with Staphylococcus aureus Bacteraemia."],"pmcid":["PMC5664237"],"pubmed_authors":["Kemppainen J","Nuutila P","Luoto P","Eskola O","Oksi J","Seppanen M","Salomaki SP","Hohenthal U","Roivainen A","Pirila L"],"additional_accession":[]},"is_claimable":false,"name":"Head-to-Head Comparison of 68Ga-Citrate and 18F-FDG PET/CT for Detection of Infectious Foci in Patients with Staphylococcus aureus Bacteraemia.","description":"This study evaluated the potential of 68Ga-citrate positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) for the detection of infectious foci in patients with Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia by comparing it with 2-[18F]fluoro-2-deoxy-D-glucose (18F-FDG) PET/CT.Four patients admitted to hospital due to S. aureus bacteraemia underwent both 18F-FDG and 68Ga-citrate whole-body PET/CT scans to detect infectious foci.The time from hospital admission and the initiation of antibiotic treatment to the first PET/CT was 4-10 days. The time interval between 18F-FDG and 68Ga-citrate PET/CT was 1-4 days. Three patients had vertebral osteomyelitis (spondylodiscitis) and one had osteomyelitis in the toe; these were detected by both 18F-FDG (maximum standardised uptake value [SUVmax] 6.0 ± 1.0) and 68Ga-citrate (SUVmax??6.8 ± 3.5, P = 0.61). Three patients had soft tissue infectious foci, with more intense 18F-FDG uptake (SUVmax??6.5 ± 2.5) than 68Ga-citrate uptake (SUVmax??3.9 ± 1.2, P = 0.0033).Our small cohort of patients with S. aureus bacteraemia revealed that 68Ga-citrate PET/CT is comparable to 18F-FDG PET/CT for detection of osteomyelitis, whereas 18F-FDG resulted in a higher signal for the detection of soft tissue infectious foci.","dates":{"release":"2017-01-01T00:00:00Z","publication":"2017","modification":"2021-02-19T08:42:23Z","creation":"2019-03-27T03:00:31Z"},"accession":"S-EPMC5664237","cross_references":{"pubmed":["29114175"],"doi":["10.1155/2017/3179607"]}}