Scintigraphic evaluation in musculoskeletal sepsis.
In this article, the mechanism of technetium, gallium, and indium-labeled white blood cell localization in septic processes is detailed, and the method of interpretation of these three isotopes with relationship to musculoskeletal infection is outlined. Specific clinical application of technetium, gallium, and indium-labeled white blood cell imaging for musculoskeletal sepsis is reviewed.
D001847:Bone Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D006801:Humans; D007204:Indium; D007592:Joint Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D009135:Muscular Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D010019:Osteomyelitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology; D011868:Radioisotopes; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013667:Technetium
D005710:Gallium Radioisotopes; D011868:Radioisotopes; D007204:Indium; D013667:Technetium