title: Detection of localized Salmonella infection by gallium-67 citrate scan.
abstract: Fifteen cases (9 males, 6 females, ages: 18-73 y/o) of salmonella bacteremia were referred for a Gallium-67 citrate (Ga-67) scan to detect the focal site(s) of salmonella infection. Among them, 8 were finally proved to have focal infection(s). Their underlying diseases were systemic lupus erythematous (SLE, 4 cases), malignancies (2 cases), immunocompromise (1 case) and unknown disease (1 case). The focal infections detected were septic arthritis in 6, soft tissue abscesses in 4 and lung abscesses in 2. This report suggests that Ga-67 scan is of great value in detection of localized salmonella infection.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nuclear Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan, Republic of China.
authors.forename: C H
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Kao
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: S Q
authors.initials: SQ
authors.lastname: Liao
authors.forename: C Y
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Hsu
authors.forename: W Y
authors.initials: WY
authors.lastname: Lin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001170:Arthritis, Infectious / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002951:Citrates; D019343:Citric Acid; D005260:Female; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D006801:Humans; D008169:Lung Abscess / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012480:Salmonella Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
chemical_list: D002951:Citrates; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D019343:Citric Acid