Intensity of ¹⁸F-FDG PET Uptake in Culture-Negative and Culture-Positive Cases of Chronic Osteomyelitis

Table 1

PET-imaged patients with definite histopathologic and/or microbiologic diagnosis ().

Case #	Age/sex	Anatomic location	Implant	Analysis of biopsy sample	Microbiologic culture	Definite diagnosis
1	64/F	Sternoclavicular joint	No	Histology, microbiology	Negative	Osteoarthritis
2	21/M	Femur	No	Histology, microbiology	Negative	Brodie’s abscess
3	59/F	Medial clavicle	No	Histology, microbiology	Negative	Chronic osteomyelitis
4	61/F	Sacrum	No	Histology	Not done	Chronic osteomyelitis
5	60/F	Femur	No	Histology, microbiology	Negative	Recurrent chronic osteomyelitis
6	17/F	Humerus	No	Histology, microbiology	Positive	Recurrent chronic osteomyelitis
7	70/M	Pelvis	No	Histology, microbiology	Positive	Chronic osteomyelitis
8	25/M	Tibia	No	Histology, microbiology	Positive	Brodie’s abscess
9	67/F	Lumbar region	Yes	Microbiology	Positive	Spinal implant infection
12	21/F	Hip region	No	Histology, microbiology	Positive	Soft tissue infection
13	59/M	Thoracic spine	No	Histology, microbiology	Negative	Vertebral osteomyelitis
15	59/M	Symphysis	No	Histology, microbiology	Positive	Postoperative osteomyelitis
16	52/F	Tibia	No	Microbiology	Positive	Recurrent Brodie’s abscess
18	18/M	Thoracic spine	Yes	Microbiology	Positive	Spinal implant infection
20	73/F	Thoracic spine	No	Histology, microbiology	Negative	Vertebral osteomyelitis
25	68/M	Sternum	No	Histology, microbiology	Positive	Soft tissue infection
26	73/F	Thoracic spine	No	Histology, microbiology	Negative	Plasmacytoma
27	19/M	Femur	No	Histology, microbiology	Negative	Recurrent chronic osteomyelitis
29	73/F	Lumbar spine	No	Histology, microbiology	Positive	Vertebral osteomyelitis
30	17/F	Tibia	No	Histology, microbiology	Negative	Brodie’s abscess
32	73/F	Elbow region	No	Microbiology	Positive	Soft tissue infection
33	22/F	Ankle region	No	Histology, microbiology	Negative	Soft tissue infection
34	19/F	Tibia	Yes	Histology, microbiology	Positive	Postoperative osteomyelitis
36	42/M	Lumbar spine	No	Histology, microbiology	Negative	Transient bone marrow oedema
39	28/M	Femur	No	Histology, microbiology	Negative	Osteoblastoma
40	42/M	Radius	No	Histology, microbiology	Positive	Chronic osteomyelitis