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Table 2 SUVmax values from PET images in 14 successfully infected animals with S. aureus osteomyelitis

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

18F-FDG PET/CT scan

Number of animals

Average SUVmax

Maximum SUVmax

Minimum SUVmax

Left tibia

Right tibia

Left tibia

Right tibia

Left tibia

Right tibia

21 days post-inoculation, no treatment

14

2.6

1.1

4.8

1.4

0.9

0.7

7 days of treatment

8

3.2

1.2

5.3

1.4

1.5

0.9

14 days of treatment

2

1.6

1.0

1.7

1.1

1.6

0.8

21 days of treatment

6

2.5

1.0

3.9

1.4

0.8

0.8

42 days of treatment

4

1.7

0.8

2.6

0.8

0.8

0.8

  1. SUVmax maximum standardized uptake value