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

Table 2

Patients with histologically and/or microbiologically proven osteomyelitis ().

Case	Age/sex	Definite diagnosis	Microbiologic culture	Method of biopsy	Antimicrobial therapy before biopsy	Antimicrobial therapy started before PET
6	17/F	Recurrent chronic osteomyelitis of humerus	Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus	Open biopsy	No	No
7	70/M	Chronic osteomyelitis of pelvis	P. aeruginosa, Enterococcus, S. epidermidis	Open biopsy	Yes, interrupted before biopsy	Yes
8	25/M	Brodie’s abscess of tibia	S. aureus	Percutaneous biopsy under fluoroscopy	No	No
15	59/M	Postoperative osteomyelitis of symphysis	S. epidermidis	MRI-guided biopsy	No	No
16	52/F	Recurrent Brodie’s abscess of tibia	S. aureus	Open biopsy	No	No
29	73/F	Vertebral osteomyelitis	S. epidermidis	Biopsy during laminectomy	No	Yes
34	19/F	Postoperative osteomyelitis of tibia	S. epidermidis	Open biopsy and removal of bone screw	No	No
40	42/M	Chronic osteomyelitis of radius	Bacillus species	MRI-guided biopsy and repeated open biopsy	Yes, interrupted before biopsy	No
2	21/M	Brodie’s abscess of femur	Negative	Repeated open and CT-guided biopsy	No	No
3	59/F	Chronic osteomyelitis of medial clavicle	Negative	Open biopsy	No	No
5	60/F	Recurrent chronic osteomyelitis of femur	Negative	Open biopsy	No	No
13	59/M	Vertebral osteomyelitis	Negative	Biopsy during laminectomy	No	Yes
20	73/F	Vertebral osteomyelitis	Negative	CT-guided biopsy	No	No
27	19/M	Recurrent chronic osteomyelitis of femur	Negative	Repeated MRI-guided and open biopsy	No	Yes
30	17/F	Brodie’s abscess of tibia	Negative	MRI-guided and open biopsy	No	No
4	61/F	Chronic osteomyelitis of sacrum	Not done	CT-guided biopsy	No	No