Imaging bacterial infection with 99mTc-ciprofloxacin (Infecton)

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 817-823

  Britton, K E ^a   Wareham, D W ^a   Das, S S ^a   Solanki, K K ^a   Amaral, H ^b   Bhatnagar, A ^c   Katamihardja, A H S ^d   Malamitsi, J ^e   Moustafa, H M ^f   Soroa, V E ^g   Sundram, F X ^h   Padhy, A K ⁱ  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DEL DESARROLLO   (Chile)

^c INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (India)

^d PADJADJARAN UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

^e HIPPOKRATION HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^f CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^g HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS JOSÉ DE SAN MARTÍN   (Argentina)

^h SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

ⁱ INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INFECTION; ISOTOPE LABELING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCINTISCANNING; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; TUBERCULOSIS; WOUND INFECTION;

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; OSTEOMYELITIS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0036846994     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.55.11.817     Document Type: Article

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