We therefore designed the current single-center retrospective study to investigate 1) the clinical value of <sup>18</sup>F-FDG PET/CT imaging in assessing bacteremia and 2) the association between laboratory data and imaging findings.
We report 3 children with S. aureus catheter-related bacteremia and normal chest X-ray at admission, in whom <sup>18</sup>F-FDG PET/CT led to the diagnosis of unsuspected septic pulmonary emboli, with an impact on clinical management.
Our small cohort of patients with <i>S. aureus</i> bacteraemia revealed that <sup>68</sup>Ga-citrate PET/CT is comparable to <sup>18</sup>F-FDG PET/CT for detection of osteomyelitis, whereas <sup>18</sup>F-FDG resulted in a higher signal for the detection of soft tissue infectious foci.