TABLE 1

Characteristics of 40 Patients with Suspected Metastatic Infectious Disease on Whom ¹⁸F-FDG PET Was Performed

Characteristic	Total (n = 40)	Metastatic foci
Characteristic	Total (n = 40)			Yes (n = 30)	No (n = 10)
Male (%)	23 (58)	17 (57)	6 (60)
Female (%)	17 (42)	13 (43)	4 (40)
Age (y)*	60 ± 17	60 ± 17	60 ± 18
Community-acquired infection (%)	30 (75)	23 (77)	7 (70)
Duration of symptoms until presentation (d)*^†	1 ± 8	1 ± 7	1 ± 9
Duration of symptoms until adequate therapy (d)*^†	2 ± 8	3 ± 8	2 ± 9
CVC present (%)	13 (33)	10 (33)	3 (30)
Duration of CVC present (wk)*	12 ± 62	14 ± 69	1 ± 9
Total parenteral nutrition (%)	9 (23)	7 (23)	2 (20)
Diabetes mellitus (%)	4 (10)	3 (10)	1 (10)
Peritoneal dialysis (%)	2 (5)	1 (3)	1 (10)
Hemodialysis (%)	1 (3)	0	1 (10)
Pacemaker (%)	3 (8)	3 (10)	0
Congenital heart disease (%)	3 (8)	3 (10)	0
Mechanical heart valve (%)	2 (5)	2 (7)	0
Malignancy (%)	1 (3)	1 (3)	0
Immunosuppressive drugs (%)	8 (20)	7 (23)	1 (10)
Intravenous drug use	0	0	0
Positive blood cultures (no. per patient)*	3 ± 3	4 ± 3^‡	2 ± 1^‡
Duration of positive blood cultures (d)*	2 ± 8	3 ± 8^‡	1 ± 1^‡

↵* Median ± SD.
↵^† One patient was excluded from these calculations because she had lower back pain, periodic low-grade fever, and fatigue for almost 3 y before she was diagnosed with a S. aureus psoas abscess and before ¹⁸F-FDG PET was performed.
↵^‡ P < 0.05.