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⁶⁷Ga-Citrate for Scanning Experimental Staphylococcal Abscesses

University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Correspondence: For reprints contact: D. C. Blair, Upjohn Center for Clinical Pharmacology, University of Michigan Medical Center, Ann Arbor, Mich. 48104.

ABSTRACT

Two types of rat staphylococcal abscesses concentrated ⁶⁷Ga sufficiently to permit imaging by rectilinear scanning. Gallium-67 used for the detection of numerous tumors has clear potential as a new, non-invasive tool for the localization of deep abscesses. While ⁶⁷Ga would be of little value in the differentiation of abscess from tumor, it should prove most helpful in confirming a clinical impression of deep abscess and in formulating a therapeutic approach.