Imaging of infected total arthroplasty with Tc-99m-labeled antigranulocyte antibody Fab′ fragments

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 548-551

  Von Rothenburg, Thomas ^a   Schoellhammer, Martin ^a   Schaffstein, Josef ^a   Koester, Odo ^a   Schmid, Gebhard ^a  

^a ST JOSEF HOSPITAL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Immunoscintigraphy; LeukoScan; Orthopedic infection; Total arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

GRANULOCYTE ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN F(AB) FRAGMENT; SULESOMAB TC 99M; TECHNETIUM 99M;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOSCINTIGRAPHY; MALE; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TOTAL HIP PROSTHESIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; FEMALE; HIP PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; KNEE PROSTHESIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 4243195888     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rlu.0000134981.56669.1e     Document Type: Article

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