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Orthopaedic Proceedings
Vol. 101-B, Issue SUPP_14 | Pages 52 - 52
1 Dec 2019
THE USE OF PET-CT REDUCES MORTALITY IN PATIENTS WITH IMPLANT-RELATED INFECTION ASSOCIATED WITH STAPHYLOCCOCUS AUREUSBACTEREMIA
Yildiz H Cornu O d'Abadie P Yombi J
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Aim

Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia (SAB) is associated with significant morbidity and mortality, 20–30 % risk of infection in patient with implant related infection (IRI) .18F-FDG PET/CT is helpful in the management of SAB, leading to detection of more metastatic foci and treatment modification and finally decrease relapses and mortality rate. Our objective was to analyze mortality in high risk SAB patients undergoing 18F-FDG PET/CT and to see whether it's use in patients with IRI reduced their mortality.

Method

We performed a retrospective study at a university hospital in Belgium. All cases of high risk adult SAB between January 2014 and June 2017 were reviewed. We collected the clinical characteristics including presence of metastatic foci on 18F-FDG PET/ CT, mortality at 1 year.