Demonstration of different patterns of musculoskeletal, soft tissue and visceral involvement in melioidosis using 99mtc stannous colloid white cell scanning

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1193-1199

  Ramsay, S C ^a   Labrooy, J ^a   Norton, R ^a   Webb, B ^a  

^a TOWNSVILLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Abscess; Melioidosis; White cell scanning

Indexed keywords

TECHNETIUM TIN COLLOID TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; KIDNEY DISEASE; LEUKOCYTE; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; OSTEOMYELITIS; PAROTID GLAND DISEASE; PROSTATITIS; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SPINE DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MELIOIDOSIS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; TECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; TIN COMPOUNDS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; VISCERA;

EID: 0034763703     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006231-200111000-00005     Document Type: Review

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