title: Positron emission tomography scan can be a reassuring tool to treat difficult cases of infective endocarditis.
authors.affiliation: Division of General Medicine, Center for Community Medicine, Jichi Medical University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan. smile.kenzaka@jichi.ac.jp
authors.forename: Tsuneaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kenzaka
authors.forename: Miho
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Shimoshikiryo
authors.forename: Akihito
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kitao
authors.forename: Kazuomi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kario
authors.forename: Masayoshi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D004696:Endocarditis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D061330:Multidetector Computed Tomography; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18