Use of indium-111-labeled white blood cells in the diagnosis of diabetic foot infections.
The diagnosis of bone infection in the patient with nonvirgin bone is a diagnostic dilemma. This is especially true in the diabetic patient with a soft tissue infection and an underlying osteoarthropathy. The authors present a retrospective study using the new scintigraphic technique of indium-111-labeled white blood cells as a method of attempting to solve this diagnostic dilemma.
Zeiger
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Cooper Hospital/University Medical Center, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey/Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.
Fox
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D003920:Diabetes Mellitus; D005534:Foot Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007205:Indium Radioisotopes; D007962:Leukocytes; D010014:Osteolysis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D012189:Retrospective Studies
D007205:Indium Radioisotopes