Efficacy of indigenously developed single vial kit preparation of 99mTc-ciprofloxacin in the detection of bacterial infection: an Indian experience

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 29, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1123-1129

  Singh, Baljinder ^a   Sunil, Hejjaji V ^a   Sharma, Sarika ^a   Prasad, Vikas ^a   Kashyap, Raghav ^a   Bhattacharya, Anish ^a   Mittal, Bhagwant R ^a   Taneja, Ashish ^a   Rai, Rajeev ^a   Goni, Vijay G ^a   Aggarwal, Sameer ^a   Gill, Shivinder S ^a   Bhatnagar, Aseem ^a   Singh, Ajay K ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Diabetic foot osteomyelitis and bone tuberculosis; Orthopaedic device related infections

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; CIPROFLOXACIN TC 99M; DIAGNOBACT; MEDRONATE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; TECHNETIUM 99M; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BONE SCINTISCANNING; COLLIMATOR; DEBRIDEMENT; DEVICE INFECTION; DIABETIC FOOT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; GOLD STANDARD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISOTOPE LABELING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; OSTEOMYELITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCINTIGRAPHY; SCINTILLATION CAMERA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TUBERCULOSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BONE DISEASES, INFECTIOUS; CIPROFLOXACIN; DIABETIC FOOT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INDIA; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MEDICINE, TRADITIONAL; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; ORTHOPEDIC FIXATION DEVICES; OSTEOMYELITIS; RADIOACTIVE TRACERS; TUBERCULOSIS, OSTEOARTICULAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56749102489     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MNM.0b013e328318b369     Document Type: Article

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