SPECT/CT of axillofemoral graft infection

Clinical Nuclear Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 333-334

  Lee, Allen ^a   Biggs, Heather ^a   Chen, Stephanie ^a   Urriola, Nicolas ^b   Aggarwal, Smeer ^c   Al Gailani, Hashim ^c   Mansberg, Robert ^a,b  

^a ANZAC Research Institute   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Infection; Leukocytes; Radionuclide; SPECT CT; Vascular graft

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GALLIUM 67; TECHNETIUM 99M;

AGED; AORTA ARCH; ARTICLE; AXILLOFEMORAL ARTERY ANASTOMOSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; FEVER; GRAFT INFECTION; GRAFT PATENCY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTE; PAIN; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; SACCULAR ANEURYSM; SINGLE PHOTON EMISSION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; THORAX WALL; TISSUE CULTURE;

AGED; AXILLA; FEMALE; FEMUR; GRAFT REJECTION; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTES; PROSTHESIS-RELATED INFECTIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 42549171447     PISSN: 03639762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RLU.0b013e31816a7931     Document Type: Article

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