Nuclear Medicine in Tropical and Infectious Diseases

Diseases caused by Bacteria.- 1 - Tuberculosis.- 2 - Leprosy.- 3 - Syphilis.- 4 - Yaws.- 5 - Lyme’s Disease.- 6 - Brucellosis.- 7 - Other Diseases caused by Bacteriae.- Diseases caused by Fung.- 8 - Sporotrichosis.- 9 - Coccidioidomycosis.- 10 - Candidiasis.- 11 - Paracoccidioidomycosis.- 12 - Histoplasmosis.- 13 - Blastomycosis.- 14 - Other Mycoses.- Diseases caused by Protozoan.- 15 - Chagas’Heart Disease.- 16 - Chagas’Disease of the Digestive Tract 123 Chapter 17 - Other Diseases caused by Protozoan.- Diseases caused by Viruses.- 18 ¡ª Encephalitis caused by Viruses.- 19 - Other Diseases caused by Viruses.- Disease caused by Helminths.- 20 - Hydatid Disease.- 21 - Filariasis.- 22 - Schistosomiasis.- 23 - Neurocysticercosis.- 24 - Other Diseases caused by Helminths.- Advances in Infection and Inflammation Imaging.- 25 - The choice of the best radiopharmaceutical to image specific clinical situations in patients with Infection and Inflammation.- 26 - Fever of Unknown Origin in Adults: General Aspects and the Role of Nuclear Medicine.- 27 - The Rising Incidence of Invasive Fungal Infections: Is There a Role for Nuclear Medicine?.- 28 - Molecular Imaging of Mononuclear Cell Mediated Inflammation: from Histopatological Findings to Clinical Practice.- 29 - The Use of Radiolabelled Antibiotics to Localise Inflammation and infection.- 30 - Labelling Micro-organisms and Parts of Micro-organisms.