title: Diagnostic imaging: its role in evaluating chest, abdominal, and musculoskeletal infections.
abstract: Imaging studies can provide essential information when infection is suspected. Chest radiography remains the best radiographic screening tool for intrathoracic infections. Computed tomographic (CT) scanning is preferred for evaluation of solid-organ abscesses, peritoneal abscesses, and associated malignant tumors or adenopathy. Ultrasonography is used primarily in evaluation of the gallbladder, biliary system and, increasingly, the appendix. Magnetic resonance imaging is highly sensitive in detecting osteomyelitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA 98104, USA. estern@u.washington.edu.
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Stern
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Hunter
authors.forename: H V
authors.initials: HV
authors.lastname: Nghiem
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Lewis
mesh_terms: D017088:AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D018784:Abdominal Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D007239:Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed