The value of nuclear scans in cochlear implant infections

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 263, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 895-899

  Hoep, Lennaert S ^a   Merkus, Paul ^a   Van Schie, Annelies ^a   Rinkel, Rico N P M ^a   Smit, Conrad F ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cochlear implant; Complications; Infection; Nuclear scintigraphy; Osteomyelitis; Pseudomonas

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; GALLIUM CITRATE GA 67; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE TYPE B VACCINE; PIPERACILLIN; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE; PYROPHOSPHATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; TOBRAMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OSTEOMYELITIS; COCHLEA PROSTHESIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVICE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EXPLANT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; PETROUS BONE; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; SCINTIGRAPHY; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CITRATES; COCHLEAR IMPLANTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GALLIUM; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M DISOFENIN;

EID: 33748635418     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-006-0091-1     Document Type: Article

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