The usefulness of 99mtc sulfur colloid bone marrow scintigraphy combined with in leucocyte scintigraphy in prosthetic joint infection

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 171-175

  Esper, Isabelle El ^a   Blondet, Cyrille ^a   Moullart, Véronique ^a   Saïdi, Lazhar ^a   Havet, Eric ^a   Mertl, Patrice ^a   Canarelli, Brigitte ^a   Schmit, Jean Luc ^a   Meyer, Marc Etienne ^a  

^a University Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone marrow scintigraphy; In leucocyte scintigraphy; Prosthetic joint infection

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; INDIUM; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; TECHNETIUM SULFUR COLLOID TC 99M; LEUKOCYTE IN 111; OXIDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; INFECTION; JOINT PROSTHESIS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; LEUKOCYTE; SCINTISCANNING; BONE MARROW SCINTISCANNING; DEVICE REMOVAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; PROSTHESIS LOOSENING;

ADULT; BONE MARROW; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; JOINT PROSTHESIS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; LEUKOCYTES; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M SULFUR COLLOID;

EID: 1542314884     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006231-200402000-00014     Document Type: Article

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