title: Potential role of 18F-FDG PET/CT in patients with fungal infections.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Combined anatomic and functional imaging with (18)F-FDG PET/CT is slowly gaining foothold in the management of various infective pathologic abnormalities. However, limited literature is available regarding the role of FDG PET/CT in patients with fungal infections.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Here, we briefly review the available literature and highlight the potential role that FDG PET/CT can play in the diagnosis and management of fungal infections.
authors.affiliation: 1 All authors: Department of Nuclear Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, E-81, Ansari Nagar (East), New Delhi 110029, India.
authors.forename: Punit
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.forename: Anirban
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mukherjee
authors.forename: Sellam
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Karunanithi
authors.forename: Chandrasekhar
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bal
authors.forename: Rakesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kumar
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D064847:Multimodal Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D009181:Mycoses / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000382:microbiology; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D051598:Whole Body Imaging
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
keywords: 18F-FDG PET/CT; aspergillosis; candidiasis; cryptococcosis; fungal infection; histoplasmosis