Evidence of Clinical Impact Supports a New Petition for Medicare Coverage of 2-[18F]Fluoro-2-Deoxy-D-Glucose Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography in the Evaluation of Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia

A Focused Literature Review and Call to Action

Thottacherry, Elizabeth
Cortés-Penfield, Nicolás W

Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Alabama at Birmingham Medical Center, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA

Correspondence: N. Cortés-Penfield, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 985400 Nebraska Medical Center, MSB 5581, Omaha, NE 68198 ([email protected]).

Potential conflicts of interest . The authors: No reported conflicts of interest. All authors have submitted the ICMJE Form for Disclosure of Potential Conflicts of Interest.

Received March 31, 2022

Revised June 08, 2022

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Clinical Infectious Diseases 75(8):p 1457-1461, October 15, 2022. | DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciac363