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Differentiating active bacterial infection from sterile inflammation can be difficult using current imaging tools. Present clinically viable methodologies either detect morphologic changes (CT\/ MR), recruitment of immune cells (<jats:sup>111<\/jats:sup>In-WBC SPECT), or enhanced glycolytic flux seen in inflammatory cells (<jats:sup>18<\/jats:sup>F-FDG PET). However, these strategies are often inadequate to detect bacterial infection and are not specific for living bacteria. Recent approaches have taken advantage of key metabolic differences between prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms, allowing easier distinction between bacteria and their host. In this report, we exploited one key difference, bacterial cell wall biosynthesis, to detect living bacteria using a positron-labeled D-amino acid. After screening several <jats:sup>14<\/jats:sup>C D-amino acids for their incorporation into <jats:italic>E. coli<\/jats:italic> in culture, we identified D-methionine as a probe with outstanding radiopharmaceutical potential. Based on an analogous procedure to that used for L-[methyl-<jats:sup>11<\/jats:sup>C]methionine ([<jats:sup>11<\/jats:sup>C] L-Met), we developed an enhanced asymmetric synthesis of D-[methyl-<jats:sup>11<\/jats:sup>C]methionine ([<jats:sup>11<\/jats:sup>C] D-Met), and showed that it can rapidly and selectively differentiate both <jats:italic>E. coli<\/jats:italic> and <jats:italic>S. aureus<\/jats:italic> infections from sterile inflammation <jats:italic>in vivo<\/jats:italic>. 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