Mastoiditis secondary to mycobacterium abscessus imaged with gallium-67 scintigraphy

Biomedical Imaging and Intervention Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Vijayananthan, Anushya ^a   Arumugam, A V ^a   Kumar, G ^a   Harichandra, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Gallium 67 scintigraphy; Mastoiditis; Mycobacterium abscessus

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; GALLIUM 67; IMIPENEM; MOXIFLOXACIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BONE BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC SUPPURATIVE OTITIS MEDIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; MASTOIDITIS; MYCOBACTERIUM ABSCESSUS; NORMOCHROMIC NORMOCYTIC ANEMIA; OSTEOSCLEROSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SKULL SCINTISCANNING;

EID: 51149096748     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18235530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2349/biij.4.2.e23     Document Type: Article

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