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| Title |
FDG-PET/CT activity leads to the diagnosis of unsuspected TB: a retrospective study
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| Published in |
BMC Research Notes, July 2018
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| DOI | 10.1186/s13104-018-3564-6 |
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| Authors |
Carolina Geadas, Carlos Acuna-Villaorduna, Gustavo Mercier, Mary B. Kleinman, C. Robert Horsburgh, Jerrold J. Ellner, Karen R. Jacobson |
| Abstract |
Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection leads to latent or active tuberculosis (TB). Increased uptake on 18F-fluoro-2-deoxy-glucose-positron emission tomography/computed tomography (FDG-PET/CT) has been reported in the lungs and lymph nodes of individuals with recent infection and active TB, but not in individuals without known recent exposure or suggestive symptoms. We describe five patients with lung nodules not suspected to be due to TB in whom abnormalities on FDG-PET/CT scans ultimately were attributed to TB infection. Patient records were searched using the words "positron emission tomography/computed tomography" and 24 codes for TB between 2004 and 2013. Patients with a diagnosis of TB and a PET/CT scan were included. Clinical and radiographic data were retrieved. PET/CT images were reviewed by an experienced radiologist. FDG-PET/CT scans revealed elevated FDG-uptake in lungs of five patients subsequently diagnosed with active (n = 3) or clinically inactive (n = 2) tuberculosis. Uptake magnitude was unrelated to disease activity. These findings suggest that tuberculosis latency may include periods of percolating inflammation of uncertain relationship to future disease risk. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
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| United Kingdom | 1 | 25% |
| Unknown | 3 | 75% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 4 | 100% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 37 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Ph. D. Student | 6 | 16% |
| Student > Bachelor | 4 | 11% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 4 | 11% |
| Researcher | 4 | 11% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 3 | 8% |
| Other | 5 | 14% |
| Unknown | 11 | 30% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 10 | 27% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 8% |
| Psychology | 3 | 8% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 2 | 5% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 5% |
| Other | 3 | 8% |
| Unknown | 14 | 38% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 2. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 14 July 2018.
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#14,356,675
of 23,096,849 outputs
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#1,953
of 4,287 outputs
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#184,188
of 327,048 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Research Notes
#50
of 142 outputs
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