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. 2016 Mar 25:2016:bcr2015214008.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2015-214008.

Disappearance of FDG uptake on PET scan after antimicrobial therapy could help for the diagnosis of Coxiella burnetii spondylodiscitis

Marine Gaudé  1 , Saison Julien  2 , Frédéric Laurent  3 , Tristan Ferry  4 ; Lyon BJI Study Group
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Disappearance of FDG uptake on PET scan after antimicrobial therapy could help for the diagnosis of Coxiella burnetii spondylodiscitis

Marine Gaudé et al. BMJ Case Rep. .
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Figure 1
(A) Lateral lumbar radiograph revealing a L4-L5 anterolisthesis; (B) MRI of the lumbar spine, T1-weighted gadolinium sequence, showing a gadolinium enhancement of the L4-L5 vertebral endplates; (C) Positron emission tomography (PET) scan image fusion showing an intense uptake of the L4-L5 space with a maximum standardised uptake value of 7.4; (D) PET scan image fusion showing a significant reduction of the fluorescent deoxyglucose uptake of the L4-L5 space after 10 months of treatment.
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