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Imaging fungal infections in children.
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 45 citations in OpenAlex.
- Plasma metagenomic sequencing testing for diagnosis of invasive fungal infection in children and young adults.Microbiology spectrum · 2026Article
- Image-guided activation of drugs with electromagnetic radiation.Nature chemical biology · 2026Review
- Imaging of pediatric pulmonary infections: A pictorial review.World journal of clinical pediatrics · 2026Review
- Pediatric non-congenital central nervous system infections: role of imaging in the emergency department.Pediatric radiology · 2025Review
- The Promise of Molecular Imaging: Focus on Central Nervous System Infections.The Journal of infectious diseases · 2023Review
- The Challenge of Diagnosing Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis in Children: A Review of Existing and Emerging Tools.Mycopathologia · 2023Review
- Radiometal chelators for infection diagnostics.Frontiers in nuclear medicine · 2023Article
- Radionuclide Imaging of Invasive Fungal Disease in Immunocompromised Hosts.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- The Added Value of [Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- State of the art ofClinical and translational imaging · 2021Review
- Immuno-Imaging to Predict Treatment Response in Infection, Inflammation and Oncology.Journal of clinical medicine · 2019Review
- Role of FDG PET/CT in monitoring treatment response in patients with invasive fungal infections.European journal of nuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2019Article
- Cryptococcoma of a transplanted kidney in a patient presenting with recurrent urinary tract infection: a case report.BMC nephrology · 2018Article
- Molecular Imaging of Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis Using ImmunoPET/MRI: The Future Looks Bright.Frontiers in microbiology · 2018Review
- The Role of Nuclear Medicine in the Staging and Management of Human Immune Deficiency Virus Infection and Associated Diseases.Nuclear medicine and molecular imaging · 2017Review
- Pediatric Invasive Aspergillosis.Journal of fungi (Basel, Switzerland) · 2016Review
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4 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Fungal infections in children rarely occur, but continue to have a high morbidity and mortality despite the development of newer antifungal agents. It is essential for these infections to be diagnosed at the earliest possible stage so appropriate treatment can be initiated promptly. The addition of high-resolution computer tomography (HR CT) has helped in early diagnosis making; however, it lacks both sensitivity and specificity. Metabolic changes precede anatomical changes and hybrid imaging with positron emission tomography (PET) integrated with imaging modalities with high anatomical resolution such as CT or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is likely to detect these infections at an earlier stage with higher diagnostic accuracy rates. Several authors presented papers highlighting the advantages of PET/CT in imaging fungal infections. These papers, however, usually involve a limited number of patients and mostly adults. Fungal infections behave different in children than in adults, since there are differences in epidemiology, imaging findings, and response to treatment with antifungal drugs. This paper reviews the literature and explores the use of hybrid imaging for diagnosis and therapy decision making in children with fungal infections.
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