67Ga SPECT/CT in diagnosis and follow-up of acute bacterial prostatitis - Abstract

We report a case of 63-year-old man who had urinary tract infection with septic shock, Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteremia, and bacteriuria.

Ga SPECT/CT showed hot uptake in prostate gland, and acute bacterial prostatitis was diagnosed. After antibiotic treatment, follow-up Ga SPECT/CT revealed much less uptake in the prostate gland, suggesting remission of prostatitis.

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Lee SD, Chiu YL, Peng NJ.   Are you the author?
Department of Nuclear Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung; Department of Radiology, Pingtung Branch of Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Pingtung; School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan.

Reference: Clin Nucl Med. 2015 May 25. Epub ahead of print.


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PMID: 26018684

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