White blood cell scintigraphy in the diagnosis of infection of endovascular prostheses within the first month after implantation

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Liberatore, Mauro ^a,c   Misuraca, Maria ^b   Calandri, Enrico ^a   Rizzo, Luigi ^b   Speziale, Francesco ^b   Iurilli, Anna Paola ^a   Anagnostou, Christos ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

Author keywords

99mTc labelled leukocytes; Endovascular prosthesis; Infection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FOLLOW UP; GRAFT INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMPLANTATION; LEUKOCYTE; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; SCINTIGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFECTION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M EXAMETAZIME; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 33644672551     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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