Evaluation of technetium-99m ciprofloxacin (Infecton) in the imaging of infection

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 699-703

  Sundram, F X ^a   Wong, W Y ^a   Ang, E S ^a   Goh, A S W ^a   Ng, D C E ^a   Yu, S ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Ciprofloxacin; Infection imaging; Infecton

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M; TECHNETIUM 99M; TECHNETIUM CIPROFLOXACIN TC 99M; TECHNETIUM IMMUNOGLOBULIN G TC 99M; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CANDIDA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INFECTION; INFLAMMATION; JOINT PROSTHESIS; KLEBSIELLA; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PSEUDOMONAS; SALMONELLA; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0034471536     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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