Open AccessUsefulness of Positron Emission Tomography in Patients with Syphilis
Author(s) -
Jianhua Chen,
Xin Xiao Zheng,
Xiuqin Liu
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
chinese medical journal/chinese medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.537
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 2542-5641
pISSN - 0366-6999
DOI - 10.4103/0366-6999.204940
Subject(s) - medicine , syphilis , positron emission tomography , cochrane library , radiology , meta analysis , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv) , family medicine
Diagnosis of syphilis is difficult. Follow-up and therapy evaluation of syphilitic patients are poor. Little is known about positron emission tomography (PET) in syphilis. This review was to systematically review usefulness of PET for diagnosis, disease extent evaluation, follow-up, and treatment response assessment in patients with syphilis.