Usefulness of 99mTc-ciprofloxacin (infecton) scan in diagnosis of chronic orthopedic infections: Comparative study with 99mTc-HMPAO leukocyte scintigraphy

Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 567-574

  Sonmezoglu, K ^a   Sonmezoglu, M ^a   Halac, M ^a   Akgun I ^a   Turkmen C ^a   Onsel C ^a   Kanmaz, B ^a   Solanki, K ^a   Britton, K E ^a   Uslu, I ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Infection imaging; Osteomyelitis; White blood cell scanning

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M; INFECTON; TECHNETIUM 99M; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; TECHNETIUM COMPLEX; TECHNETIUM TC 99M CIPROFLOXACIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE INFECTION; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CHILD; CHRONIC OSTEOMYELITIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRUG EFFICACY; ENDOPROSTHESIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSCINTIGRAPHY; INFANT; INFECTIOUS ARTHRITIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINE DISEASE; ARTHROPATHY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BONE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; INFECTION; JOINT; LEUKOCYTE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BONE AND BONES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CIPROFLOXACIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; JOINT DISEASES; JOINTS; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; OSTEOMYELITIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M EXAMETAZIME;

EID: 0034744516     PISSN: 01615505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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