The role of 99mTc-ciprofloxacin scan in infection imaging

Hellenic Journal of Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 74-80

  Markou, Pavlos ^a   Spyridonidis, Trifon ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

99mTc ciprofloxacin; Bacterial infection; Infection; Infection imaging

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M; TECHNETIUM 99M; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT; DRUG DERIVATIVE; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; TECHNETIUM COMPLEX; TECHNETIUM TC 99M CIPROFLOXACIN;

BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EXPECTATION; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; IN VIVO STUDY; ISOTOPE LABELING; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL LITERATURE; REVIEW; SCINTISCANNING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; ANIMAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; INFLAMMATION; METHODOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINICAL TRIALS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 24144455653     PISSN: 00258024     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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