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Imaging of Postoperative Infections

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MR Imaging and Spectroscopy of Central Nervous System Infection

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Abstract

The efficient recognition of infection is essential to the correct management of any postoperative patient. Although there are signs, that may lead a clinician to suspect postoperative infection, the radiologist is often called on to help confirm or identify the source of the infection.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Ohio State University School of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, 43210-1228, USA

    Gregory Christoforidis

  2. Section of Neuroradiology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, 48202, USA

    Suresh C. Patel

  3. Department of Neurosurgery, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, 48202, USA

    Mark Rosenblum

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    Rakesh K. Gupta M.D. (Additional Professor) (Additional Professor)

  2. Department of Radiological Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, 90095, USA

    Robert B. Lufkin M.D. (Professor) (Professor)

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Christoforidis, G., Patel, S.C., Rosenblum, M. (2001). Imaging of Postoperative Infections. In: Gupta, R.K., Lufkin, R.B. (eds) MR Imaging and Spectroscopy of Central Nervous System Infection. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-46844-1_10

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