The value of successive Infecton scans in assessing the presence of chronic bone and joint infection and in predicting its evolution after treatment and after a prolonged follow-up

Nuclear Medicine Communications

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1060-1069

  Malamitsi, Julia ^a   Papadopoulos, Antonios ^b   Vezyrgianni, Argyroula ^c   Dalianis, Konstantinos ^d   Boutsikou, Maria ^e   Giamarellou, Helen ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^d HYGEIA   (Greece)

^e ONASSIS CARDIAC SURGERY CENTER   (Greece)

Author keywords

bone; Infecton; joint infection; osteomyelitis; scan

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CIPROFLOXACIN TECHNETIUM 99M; RADIOPHARMACEUTICAL AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTHROCENTESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BONE SCINTISCANNING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DEBRIDEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; OSTEOMYELITIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RECURRENT INFECTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTHROGRAPHY; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; BONE AND BONES; BONE DISEASES, INFECTIOUS; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CHRONIC DISEASE; CIPROFLOXACIN; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JOINT DISEASES; JOINTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANOTECHNETIUM COMPOUNDS; OSTEOMYELITIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RECURRENCE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80053511018     PISSN: 01433636     EISSN: 14735628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MNM.0b013e32834a837c     Document Type: Article

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