The diagnosis of osteomyelitis of the foot in diabetes: Microbiological examination vs. magnetic resonance imaging and labelled leucocyte scanning

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 649-653

  Ertugrul, M B ^a   Baktiroglu, S ^b   Salman, S ^b   Unal, S ^b   Aksoy, M ^b   Berberoglu, K ^b   Calangu, S ^b  

^a ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Diabetic foot; Diagnosis; Osteomyelitis

Indexed keywords

HEXAMETHYLPROPYLENE AMINE OXIME TECHNETIUM TC 99M; MEDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ADULT; AGED; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING SYSTEM; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LEUKOCYTE; LEUKOCYTE SCANNING; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; BIOPSY; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; BONE AND BONES; BONE MARROW; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOTOPE LABELING; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TECHNETIUM TC 99M EXAMETAZIME; TECHNETIUM TC 99M MEDRONATE;

EID: 33744790661     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2006.01887.x     Document Type: Article

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