Optimal imaging strategy for community-acquired Staphylococcus aureus musculoskeletal infections in children

Pediatric Radiology

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 841-847

  Browne, Lorna P ^a   Mason, Edward O ^a   Kaplan, Sheldon L ^a   Cassady, Christopher I ^a   Krishnamurthy, Rajesh ^a   Guillerman, R Paul ^a  

^a TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bone scintigraphy; Children; Complications; MRI; Osteomyelitis

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; MEDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M;

ABSCESS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BONE SCINTISCANNING; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYOMYOSITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; OSTEOMYELITIS; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TECHNETIUM TC 99M MEDRONATE; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED, SINGLE-PHOTON;

EID: 47249133246     PISSN: 03010449     EISSN: 14321998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00247-008-0888-8     Document Type: Article

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