Photopenic bone scan osteomyelitis: A clinical perspective

Journal of Pediatric Orthopaedics

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 695-698

  Pennington, William T ^a,b,c   Mott, Michael P ^a,c   Thometz, John G ^a,c   Sty, John R ^a,c   Metz, Daniel ^a,c  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^b Children's Hospital of Wisconsin ^*  (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone scan; Nuclear bone imaging; Osteomyelitis; Pediatric; Photopenia

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CHILD; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBRIDEMENT; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE RATE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BONE AND BONES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; WISCONSIN;

EID: 0032738087     PISSN: 02716798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00004694-199911000-00001     Document Type: Article

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