Cold bone defect on granulocytes labelled with technetium-99m-HMPO scintigraphy: Significance and usefulness for diagnosis and follow-up of osteoarticular infections

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 209-212

  Galperine T ^a,b   Dutronc, H ^a   Lafarie, S ^a   Neau, D ^a   Merino B ^a   Cipriano, G ^a   Ragnaud, J M ^a   Fernandez, P ^a   Basse Cathalinat, B ^a   Dupon, M ^a  

^a HÔPITAL PELLEGRIN   (France)

^b RAYMOND POINCARÉ HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FOSFOMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M; OXACILLIN; PRISTINAMYCIN; QUINOLONE; RIFAMPICIN; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BONE INFECTION; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CELL LABELING; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COXITIS; DEVICE REMOVAL; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRANULOCYTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; OSTEOMYELITIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARTHRITIS, REACTIVE; BONE AND BONES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GRANULOCYTES; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL RATE; TECHNETIUM TC 99M EXAMETAZIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2442621458     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365540310018851     Document Type: Review

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