Utility of gallium imaging in the diagnosis of Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare infection in patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
Whole body Ga-67 scans revealed increased uptake in lymph nodes accessible for biopsy in three patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) infected by Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare (MAI). In diagnostically difficult cases where the usual methods for diagnosing MAI are not helpful, Ga-67 studies may be of value.
D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009164:Mycobacterium Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D009165:Mycobacterium Infections, Nontuberculous / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D009162:Mycobacterium avium; D009170:Nontuberculous Mycobacteria; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging
D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes