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Tuberculosis
Investigators at Fukui University target tuberculosis
April 21st, 2009
"To evaluate the usefulness of F-18-FDG PET in the imaging of pulmonary lesions related to disease activity and in monitoring responses to treatment in patients with pulmonary mycobacteriosis (PM). We used high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) and F-18-FDG PET to evaluate 47 consecutive untreated patients with PM, 25 with tuberculosis (TB) and 22 with Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare complex (MAC), who presented with small peripheral pulmonary nodules a parts per thousand currency sign3 cm, and compared the findings," scientists in Fukui, Japan report. "The diagnosis of mycobacteriosis was confirmed by bacteriological examinations of bronchoscopic or surgically...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2009-04-21)
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