1374. Diagnostic Utility of Whole Body Positron Emission Tomography-Computerized Tomography (PET-CT) in Patients with Suspected Central Nervous System Tuberculosis: A Retrospective, Descriptive Study

BACKGROUND: There is difficulty in diagnosing central nervous system (CNS) tuberculosis (TB) in the early stages because features mimic viral and pyogenic meningitis. There is a need to determine alternate methods to diagnose CNS TB. Whole-body PET-CT, used mainly in oncology, has shown promise in t...

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Autores principales: Ramesh, Venkat, Narreddy, Suneetha, Barigala, Ravikiran, Kumar Chennamchetty, Vijay, Kumar, Sudhir, Rao, Jyotsna, Nanda, Sagarika, Varahala, Sneha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6808727/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz360.1238

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6808727/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofz360.1238

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