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

Table 3

Results of ¹⁸F-FDG PET and additional imaging modalities in patients with proven osteomyelitis ().

Case #	Microbiologic culture	PET	MRI	Bone scan	Infection scan	CT	SUV
							6	Culture-positive	TP	TP	TP	—	—	1.19	1.98	2.25	2.89
7	Culture-positive	TP	FN	TP	FN	—	3.93	5.53	5.44	4.78
8	Culture-positive	TP	TP	TP	TP	TP	0.99	2.86	10.1	20.51
15	Culture-positive	TP	TP	TP	—	TP	4.62	7.59	3.79	5.56
16	Culture-positive	TP	TP	TP	TP	TP	0.90	2.81	3.60	4.36
29	Culture-positive	TP	TP	TP	TP	—	2.54	4.11	2.42	2.83
34	Culture-positive	TP	—	—	TP	FN	1.72	2.59	9.72	11.28
40	Culture-positive	TP	TP	TP	FN	—	1.55	2.37	2.48	2.47
2	Culture-negative	TP	TP	TP	TP	—	0.74	1.16	4.90	2.57
3	Culture-negative	TP	—	TP	—	FN	1.95	2.50	2.30	2.14
5	Culture-negative	TP	TP	TP	TP	—	2.34	2.79	16.10	14.28
13	Culture-negative	TP	TP	—	—	—	3.08	4.43	3.47	3.61
20	Culture-negative	TP	FN	TP	TP	TP	1.80	3.05	2.12	2.77
27	Culture-negative	TP	TP	—	—	—	1.96	2.91	11.44	12.47
30	Culture-negative	TP	TP	TP	TP	—	2.60	2.86	13.20	7.72
4	Not done	TP	FN	TP	TP	FN	2.57	2.80	1.36	1.89

PET = positron emission tomography; MRI = magnetic resonance imaging; Bone scan = three-phase bone scintigraphy; Infection scan = labeled leukocyte scintigraphy; CT = computerized tomography; TP = true positive; FN = false negative; — = not done.