67Gallium in 68 consecutive infection searches.
When employed in the study of peripheral infections, 67Ga scanning is sensitive and accurate. When used as a diagnostic tool for suspected abdominal abscesses, it locates and delineates abscesses in somewhat over half the cases. Moreover, the true-negative rate is high and the false-positive rate is acceptably low. Gallium scans should be interpreted with all available clinical information. The coexistence of noeplasm is a problem which at present is not completely resolved.
D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis; D000328:Adult; D001168:Arthritis / Q000175:diagnosis; D001987:Bronchiectasis / Q000175:diagnosis; D002761:Cholangitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D003047:Coccidioidomycosis / Q000175:diagnosis; D005188:False Negative Reactions; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D005708:Gallium; D006192:Haemophilus Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007239:Infections / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008169:Lung Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis; D008589:Meningococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000175:diagnosis; D011014:Pneumonia / Q000175:diagnosis; D003668:Pressure Ulcer / Q000150:complications; D011552:Pseudomonas Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D011868:Radioisotopes; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000175:diagnosis; D013369:Subphrenic Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis; D013492:Suppuration / Q000175:diagnosis; D014946:Wound Infection / Q000175:diagnosis
D011868:Radioisotopes; D005708:Gallium