Bacterial infection is a major health problem, with high morbidity and mortality. Current imaging techniques have limited ability to differentiate infection from either tumor or sterile inflammation, and invasive tissue sampling is frequently required. There is currently no clinically-available non-invasive method to directly detect living bacteria in vivo. We describe a method for detecting bacteria specific metabolism using hyperpolarized 13C pyruvic acid.
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