Contributes to the Diagnosis and Management of Infections in Patients With Multiple Myeloma: A Study of 165 Infectious Episodes

Purpose Correctly identifying infection in cancer patients can be challenging. Limited data suggest that positron emission tomography (PET) using fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) may be useful for diagnosing infection. To determine the role of FDG-PET in the diagnosis of infection in patients with multiple myeloma (MM).