Unsuspected osteomyelitis is frequent in persistent diabetic foot ulcer and better diagnosed by MRI than by 18F-FDG PET or 99mTc-MOAB

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 263, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 99-106

  Schwegler, B ^a   Stumpe, K D M ^a   Weishaupt, D ^a   Strobel, K ^a   Spinas, G A ^a   Von Schulthess, G K ^a   Hodler, J ^b   Boni T ^b   Donath, M Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b ORTHOPEDIC UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BALGRIST   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Bone biopsy; Diabetes complications; Diabetes therapy; Imaging; Lower limb amputation

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL GRANULOCYTE ANTIBODY; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; TECHNETIUM 99M; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE BIOPSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCINTIGRAPHY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEOMYELITIS; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 36949038481     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: 13652796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2796.2007.01877.x     Document Type: Article

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