title: 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Imaging of Inflammation: Ready to Represent a Standard in Diagnosing Endocarditis?
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa, Italy (G.S., M.B.); Nuclear Medicine Unit, IRCCS San Martino-IST, Genoa, Italy (G.S., S.M., A.M.O., C.M.); and CNR Institute of Bioimages and Molecular Physiology, Milan, Italy (C.M.). Sambuceti@unige.it.
authors.forename: Gianmario
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sambuceti
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa, Italy (G.S., M.B.); Nuclear Medicine Unit, IRCCS San Martino-IST, Genoa, Italy (G.S., S.M., A.M.O., C.M.); and CNR Institute of Bioimages and Molecular Physiology, Milan, Italy (C.M.).
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Morbelli
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa, Italy (G.S., M.B.); Nuclear Medicine Unit, IRCCS San Martino-IST, Genoa, Italy (G.S., S.M., A.M.O., C.M.); and CNR Institute of Bioimages and Molecular Physiology, Milan, Italy (C.M.).
authors.forename: Anna Maria
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Orengo
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa, Italy (G.S., M.B.); Nuclear Medicine Unit, IRCCS San Martino-IST, Genoa, Italy (G.S., S.M., A.M.O., C.M.); and CNR Institute of Bioimages and Molecular Physiology, Milan, Italy (C.M.).
authors.forename: Matteo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bauckneht
authors.affiliation: From the Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa, Italy (G.S., M.B.); Nuclear Medicine Unit, IRCCS San Martino-IST, Genoa, Italy (G.S., S.M., A.M.O., C.M.); and CNR Institute of Bioimages and Molecular Physiology, Milan, Italy (C.M.).
authors.forename: Cecilia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Marini
mesh_terms: D004696:Endocarditis; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18; D006801:Humans; D007249:Inflammation; D064847:Multimodal Imaging; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D019275:Radiopharmaceuticals; D019788:Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
keywords: Editorials; endocarditis; inflammation; positron emission tomography