Imaging of osteomyelitis and musculoskeletal soft tissue infections: Current concepts

Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 89-109

  Restrepo, C Santiago ^a   Giménez, Carlos R ^a   McCarthy, Kevin ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD15 ANTIGEN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM; GALLIUM 67; GRANULOCYTE ANTIBODY; HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; INDIUM 111;

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BONE EROSION; BONE INFECTION; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; BONE SCINTISCANNING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE QUALITY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MUSCULOSKELETAL DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SYNOVIAL FLUID;

HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0037292824     PISSN: 0889857X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0889-857X(02)00078-9     Document Type: Review

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