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Despite continuous advancements in prevention and treatment methods, infection is still a common problem. The delineation of the site and extent of infection is crucial to the clinical management and for monitoring the response to therapy.
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Elgazzar AH, Elmonayeri M (2006) Inflammation. In: Elgazzar AH (ed) Pathophysiologic basis of nuclear medicine, 2nd edn. Springer, New York/Berlin
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Petruzzi N, Shanthly N, Thakur M (2009) Recent trends in soft-tissue infection imaging. Semin Nucl Med 39:115–123
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Elgazzar, A.H. (2011). Soft Tissue Infection and Inflammation. In: A Concise Guide to Nuclear Medicine. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-19426-9_5
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