(99M)Tc-ciprofloxacin in imaging of clinical infections in camelids and a goat.
(99M)Tc-ciprofloxacin was used to image five adult camelids and a juvenile goat with clinical and/or radiographic signs of infection. (99m)Tc-ciprofloxacin (range 10-33 MBq/kg) was injected intravenously and a series of 2-min static images were acquired at 1- and 4-h postinjection. At 24-h postinjection, 5-min static images were acquired. Only the skull or abdomen was imaged in the adults; the whole body was imaged in the goat. The quality of the 1-, 4-, and 24-h studies was evaluated subjectively. Normal and abnormal areas of (99m)Tc-ciprofloxacin uptake were recorded and subjectively graded as mild, moderate or intense. Image quality was best 4-h postinjection. Twenty-four-hour images were poor because of insufficient radioactivity. (99m)Tc-ciprofloxacin imaging resulted in true positive or true negative scans in four of six animals. Two false-negative studies occurred. Intense (99m)Tc-cirofloxacin activity was seen in the lungs and urinary bladder, moderate/intense activity in the kidneys, and mild activity in the physes/epiphyses, liver and intermittently in the gastrointestinal tract. The normal distribution of (99m)Tc-ciprofloxacin in camelids/small ruminants differed from people. Further studies to determine the sensitivity and specificity of infection detection using (99m)Tc-ciprofloxacin in animals are warranted.
Alexander
Kate
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Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine, The Ohio State University, 601 Vernon L, Tharp Street, Columbus, OH 43210, USA. kate.alexander@umontreal.ca
Drost
Wm Tod
WT
Mattoon
John S
JS
Anderson
David E
DE
D000818:Animals; D000890:Anti-Infective Agents / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000378:metabolism / Q000662:veterinary*; D002161:Camelids, New World; D002939:Ciprofloxacin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000493:pharmacokinetics; D005260:Female; D015511:Goat Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006041:Goats; D008297:Male; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds / Q000493:pharmacokinetics*; D011877:Radionuclide Imaging; D014018:Tissue Distribution
D000890:Anti-Infective Agents; D015609:Organotechnetium Compounds; C431804:Technetium Tc 99m ciprofloxacin; D002939:Ciprofloxacin