Infecton is not specific for bacterial osteo-articular infective pathology

European Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 530-535

  Dumarey, Nicolas ^a   Blocklet, Didier ^a   Appelboom, Thierry ^a   Tant, Laure ^a   Schoutens, André ^a  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

99mTc ciprofloxacin; Infection imaging; Osteomyelitis; Septic arthritis

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN TC 99M; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CIPROFLOXACIN; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGING; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OSTEOMYELITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOFT TISSUE; INFECTION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; SCINTIGRAPHY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, INFECTIOUS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FALSE NEGATIVE REACTIONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVERTEBRAL DISK DISPLACEMENT; JOINTS; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OSTEOMYELITIS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REFERENCE VALUES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THYROID GLAND; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 0036204652     PISSN: 03406997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00259-001-0749-2     Document Type: Article

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