Nuclear Medicine/Infection

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Nuclear Medicine:TOC

Infection

Contents

[edit] Popular Imaging Agents

[edit] 99mTc-Medronate (MDP)

[edit] Indium labeled WBCs

[edit] Gallium-67

[edit] 99mTc-Sulfur Colloid

[edit] 99mTc-MDP

[edit] Experimental Imaging Agents

[edit] 18F-FTG PET

[edit] 99mTc-Fanolesomab

[edit] Immunocompromised Infection

  • (Please add info)

[edit] Fever of Unknown Origin

[edit] Post Transplant/Operative

[edit] Cardiac

  • Scintography of post heart transplant infections have not been extensively studied, however, Gallium, Indium-111 WBC, and Tc99m HMPAO have been used.
    • PMID 16485569 -- "Value of radionuclide studies in cardiac transplantation." (Flotats A, Carrió I. 2005 Ann Nucl Med. 2006 Jan;20(1):13-21.)

[edit] Central Nervous System

  • (Please add info)

[edit] Cardiovascular

  • Also see above "Post Transplant/Operative" - Cardiac

[edit] Osteomyelitis

[edit] The Diabetic Patient

[edit] Appendicitis

    • ^ SAMPLE PMID 19426925 - "2008 Santa Fe Bone Symposium: update on osteoporosis." Lewiecki EM, Baim S, Bilezikian JP, Eastell R, LeBoff MS, Miller PD. (J Clin Densitom. 2009 Apr-Jun;12(2):135-57.)



Acronyms used:

  • MDP - Medronate or
  • 18F-FTG PET - (18)Fluorine-fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography
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