Table 1. Clinical characteristics of the study patients who had their treatment modification based on FDG PET/CT findings (n = 13).

No.	Age/Sex	Clinical history	Type of sepsis	Blood culture results	FDG PET/CT findings	Treatment modality	Clinical outcome	Days in hospital
1	84/M	LC	Nosocomial	Citrobacter diversus, Enterococcus faecalis, Escherichia coli	Biliary tract infection	PTCD	Cured	83
2	40/M	LC	Nosocomial	Staphylococcus aureus	Spine infectious spondylitis (L4-5)	Surgery	Cured	93
3	78/M	-	Community-acquired	S. aureus	Spine infectious spondylitis (T9-L4), psoas muscle abscess, pleural empyema	Surgery	Expired	60
4	52/F	-	Nosocomial	Enterococcus faecium	Intramuscular abscess of the adductor muscle of the thigh	CT-guided drainage	Cured	157
5	86/M	DM,HTN,COPD	Nosocomial	Enterobacter cloacae	Spine infectious spondylitis (T8-9)	Surgery	Expired	79
6	64/M	DM,HTN,CAD	Community-acquired	S. aureus	Spine infectious spondylitis (C5-6)	Surgery	Cured	50
7	60/F	-	Community-acquired	S. aureus	Spine infectious spondylitis (L5-S1)	Surgery	Cured	50
8	60/M	DM, HTN, LC	Community-acquired	S. aureus	Spine infectious spondylitis (T8-9)	Surgery	Expired	136
9	48/M	-	Community-acquired	S. aureus	Septic arthritis of the hip joint, iliac fossa abscess	Surgery	Cured	32
10	57/F	-	Community-acquired	S. aureus	Psoas muscle abscess	CT-guided drainage	Cured	29
11	60/M	DM,CKD	Community-acquired	S. aureus	Spine infectious spondylitis (C6-7, L5-S1)	Surgery	Cured	84
12	59/M	HTN,ESRD	Community-acquired	S. aureus	Psoas muscle abscess	CT-guided drainage	Cured	54
13	64/F	CAD,ESRD	Community-acquired	S. aureus	Spine infectious spondylitis (L3-4)	Surgery	Cured	64

M, male; F, female; LC, liver cirrhosis; DM, diabetes mellitus; HTN, hypertension; CAD, coronary artery disease; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; CKD, chronic kidney disease; ESRD, end-stage renal disease; PTCD, percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography and biliary drainage.