Imaging prostatitis with Tc-99m ciprofloxacin

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 527-529

  Choe, Wonsick ^a   Chung, Moon Hyun ^a   Kim, Won Hong ^a   Kim, Sungeun ^a   Ryu, Ji Kan ^a   Kang, Kyung Jin ^a   Suh, Jun Kyu ^a  

^a Inha University Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chronic Prostatitis; Diagnosis; Infection Imaging; Tc 99m Ciprofloxacin

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROSTATITIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CIPROFLOXACIN; HUMANS; MALE; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; PROSTATITIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; URINE;

EID: 0036660875     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003072-200207000-00015     Document Type: Article

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