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Imaging Infection and Inflammation

2015; Hindawi Publishing Corporation; Volume: 2015; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1155/2015/615150

2314-6141

Alberto Signore, Andor W. J. M. Glaudemans, Filippo Galli, François Rouzet,

Infectious Diseases and Tuberculosis

Infectious and inflammatory diseases are a heterogeneous class of diseases encompassing many different clinical conditions and may be classified into infection, acute inflammation, and chronic inflammation.These diseases can affect multiple organs (systemic) or can be localized in one specific organ and are often relapsing and invalidating and may require life-long treatment [1].Clinicians often struggle with questions in patients dealing with presumed or established infectious and inflammatory disorders.Often they are not well-recognized and when recognized many questions remain: Is there an infectious focus or an inflammatory sign?What are the size and the extent of the lesion?Is this the only lesion in the body or are there infectious metastases?When can the treatment be stopped or should it be switched or continued?