Nuclear Medicine in Tropical and Infectious Diseases

263 Pages·2002·7.46 MB·English

by  Francisco José Hossri Nogueira Braga MD, MSc, PhD (auth.)

NUCLEAR MEDICINE IN TROPICAL AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Developments in Nuclear Medicine
Volume 34
Series Editor: Peter H. Cox
The titles published in this series are listed at the end of this volume.
NUCLEAR MEDICINE IN TROPICAL AND
INFECTIOUS DISEASES
Francisco Jose Hossri Nogueira Braga, MD, MSc, PhD
Post-graduation Professor, Department of Physics and Mathematics, the Ribeirao
Preto School of Philosophy and Science, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil.
Head of the Service of Nuclear Medicine, the Araraquara Oncology Centre, Santa
Casa de Miseric6rdia, Araraquara, Brazil.
Sao Lucas Hospital, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil.
Former Professor of Nuclear Medicine, the Rene Descartes School of Medicine,
University of Paris V, Paris, France.
[email protected]
[email protected]
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Nuclear medicine in tropical and infectious diseases I [edited by] Francisco Jose Hossri
Nogueira Braga.
p. ; cm. --(Developments in nuclear medicine; v. 34)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 1-4020-7191-4 (hardback: alk. paper)
1. Tropical medicine. 2. Communicable diseases--Radionuclide imaging. I. Braga,
Francisco Jose Hossri Nogueira, 1956-II. Developments in nuclear medicine ; 34.
[DNLM: 1. Communicable Diseases--radionuclide imaging. 2. Nuclear Medicine. 3.
Tropical Medicine. WC 100 N9643 2002]
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This book is dedicated to the four treasures God lent me
my wife Karina
my children Marcella
Bianca,
and Enrico,
to my mother Blanche
and to the memory of my beloved father and friend Nauto.
A few weeks after having written Chapter 25, Prof. Dr. Wolfgan Becker, from the
University of Goettingen died at the age of 50. He was the President of the European
Society of Nuclear Medicine. This book is also dedicated to his memory.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Diseases caused by Bacteria
Chapter 1 -Tuberculosis
Chapter 2 -Leprosy 21
Chapter 3 -Syphilis 29
Chapter 4 -Yaws 37
Chapter 5 -Lyme's Disease 39
Chapter 6 -Brucellosis 45
Chapter 7 -Other Diseases caused by Bacteriae 51
Diseases caused by Fungi
Chapter 8 -Sporotrichosis 71
Chapter 9 -Coccidioidomycosis 75
Chapter 10 -Candidiasis 83
Chapter 11 -Paracoccidioidomycosis 85
Chapter 12 -Histoplasmosis 93
Chapter 13 -Blastomycosis 97
Chapter 14 -Other Mycoses 101
Diseases caused by Protozoan
Chapter 15 -Chagas' Heart Disease 111
Chapter 16 -Chagas' Disease of the Digestive Tract 123
Chapter 17 -Other Diseases caused by Protozoan 129
Diseases caused by Viruses
Chapter 18 - Encephalitis caused by Viruses 137
Chapter 19 -Other Diseases caused by Viruses 141
Disease caused by Helminths
Chapter 20 -Hydatid Disease 145
Chapter 21 -Filariasis 151
Chapter 22 -Schistosomiasis 155
Chapter 23 -N eurocysticercosis 161
Chapter 24 -Other Diseases caused by Helminths 167
Advances in Infection and Inflammation Imaging
Chapter 25 - The choice of the best radiopharmaceutical to image specific clinical
situations in patients with Infection and Inflammation 173
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Chapter 26 - Fever of Unknown Origin in Adults: General Aspects and the Role of
Nuclear Medicine 191
Chapter 27 -The Rising Incidence of Invasive Fungal Infections: Is There a Role for
Nuclear Medicine? 199
Chapter 28 -Molecular Imaging of Mononuclear Cell Mediated Inflammation: from
Histopatological Findings to Clinical Practice 209
Chapter 29 - The Use of Radiolabelled Antibiotics to Localise Inflammation and
infection 227
Chapter 30 -Labelling Micro-organisms and Parts of Micro-organisms 233
INDEX 253
The author is thankful for one reason or another to the following persons and
Institutions:
Roberta and Fernanda
Nandyra and Zaira
Teresinha and Jose
Carlos and Francisco
Antonio and Jovita
Felipe and Luiza
Anneliese Rosemarie Fischer Thorn
Richard M. Lambrecht
the University of Sao Paulo
Ricardo Brandt de Oliveira
Marta Moreira
ElifHindie
Ayrton C. Moreira
Andrea Allison-Williams
Paulo M. C. Barretto
Peter Joseph Ell
FAPESP
Edwaldo E. Camargo
The Araraquara Health Authority
The Ribeirao Preto Mayor, Antonio Palocci Filho
CONTRIBUTORS
A. Annovazzi, MD, MSc, PhD
Service of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences, 2nd School of
Medicine, University "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy.
Valbert Cardoso, MSc, Ph
Professor, Department of Radiopharmacy, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo
Horizonte, Brazil.
[email protected]
Wolfgang Becker, MD, MSc, PhD
Professor, Head of Department of Nuclear Medicine, University of Gottingen,
Gottingen, Germany
[email protected]
R. Bei, MD, MSc, PhD
Department of Experimental Medicine and Biochemical Sciences, University "Tor
Vergata", Rome, Italy.
A. Benitez, MD, MSc, PhD
Service of Nuclear Medicine, Bellvitge Hospital and Llobregat Hospital, Barcelona,
Spain.
Francisco Jose H. Nogueira Braga, MD, MSc, PhD (Editor)
Post-graduation Professor, Department of Physics and Mathematics, the Ribeiriio
Preto School of Philosophy and Science, Ribeiriio Preto, Brazil, and Head of the
Service of Nuclear Medicine, the Araraquara Oncology Centre, Araraquara, Brazil.
[email protected]
[email protected]
D. Blockmans, Department of Medicine, UZ Gasthuisberg, Catholic University of
Leuven School of Medicine, Leuven, Belgium.
Mauro Chianelli MD, MSc, PhD
Service of Nuclear Medicine, Department of Clinical Sciences, 2nd School of
Medicine, University "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy.
Roberto de Oliveira Dantas, MD, MSc, PhD
Professor, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, the Ribeiriio
Preto School of Medicine, University ofSiio Paulo, Ribeiriio Preto, Brazil.
Rudi Andre Dierckx, MD, MSc, PhD
Head of the Division of Nuclear Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, State
University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium.
[email protected]
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Gomez, MD, MSc, PhD
Service of Nuclear Medicine, Bellvitge Hospital and Llobregat Hospital, Barcelona,
Spain.
Filip Gemmel, PhD
Division of Nuclear Medicine, Ghent University Hospital, State University of
Ghent, Ghent, Belgium.
Ben van Heerden, MD, MSc, PhD
Head of the Department of Nuclear Medicine, the University of Stellenberg School
of Medicine, Tygerberg, South Africa.
[email protected]
D. Knockaert, MD, MSc, PhD
Professor, Department of Medicine, UZ Gasthuisberg, Catholic University of
Leuven School of Medicine, Leuven, Belgium.
Alexandre Figueiredo, MD
Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, the Ribeirao Preto School of
Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil.
Alex Maes, MD, MSc, PhD
Professor, Service of Nuclear Medicine and PET Centre, UZ Gasthuisberg, Catholic
University of Leuven School of Medicine, Leuven, Belgium.
[email protected]
Carmelindo Maliska, MD, MSc, PhD
Professor, Department of Nuclear Medicine, the Rio de Janeiro State University
School of Medicine; Head of the Service of Nuclear Medicine, the Central Hospital
of the Brazilian Army, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Jose Antonio Marin Netto, MD, MSc, PhD
Professor, Head of the Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, the
Ribeirao Preto School of Medicine, University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, Brazil.
Josep Martin-Comin, MD, MSc, PhD
Service of Nuclear Medicine, Bellvitge Hospital and Llobregat Hospital, Barcelona,
Spain.
[email protected]
A. Modesti, MD, MSc, PhD
Department of Experimental Medicine and Biochemical Sciences, University "Tor
Vergata", Roma, Italy.
Annick Moisan, MD, MSc, PhD