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Fig. 4 | Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery and Research

Fig. 4

From: 18-Fluoro-2-deoxy-d-glucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography scan for monitoring the therapeutic response in experimental Staphylococcus aureus foreign-body osteomyelitis

Fig. 4

18F-FDG PET/CT scan images of a successfully treated rabbit with experimental tibial staphylococcal osteomyelitis. Sagittal images of the tibia of a rabbit demonstrating (top) increased tracer uptake (SUVmax = 4.8) at the area of osteomyelitis in the upper third of the tibia extending to the adjacent soft tissues (arrow) before the initiation of treatment and (bottom) physiologic tracer activity in the tibia of the same rabbit after 6 weeks of treatment with daptomycin. The animal was euthanized immediately after the 18F-FDG PET/CT scan, and bone cultures and histology were negative for infection. Note: On the left are the PET images and on the right the fused PET/CT images

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