The infection of a prosthetic vascular graft (PVGI), although rare, is the most severe complication
in reconstructive vascular surgery. The early diagnosis of this complication reduces the …

Technetium-99m-labelled, non-specific, polyclonal, human immunoglobulin G ( 99m Tc-hIG)
has been used to quantify synovial inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis. A comparison was …

Background 99mTc-HMPAO-labeled leukocyte scintigraphy (WBCs) is useful in the diagnosis
of vascular graft infection. However, false positives can occur in the early postoperative …

INTRODUCTION: The question of whether antibiotic treatment does or does not affect
reliability of white blood cell scan (WBCS) to detect disease activity in clinical practice is still …

High-affinity bacterially expressed antibody fragments can nowadays be cloned from
established hybridomas or, more conveniently, isolated directly from antibody libraries displayed …

Sternal wound infections (SWIs) can be subdivided into two types, superficial or deep, that
require different treatments. The clinical diagnosis of superficial SWI is normally easy to …

Technetium-99m hexamethylpropylene amine oxime (HMPAO) white blood cell scan (WBCS)
requires separation and labelling of mixed leucocytes, which include particularly …

Purpose This study was performed to evaluate the utility of Tc-99m HMPAO-labeled
leukocyte total-body scans (TBLS) for detecting remote septic foci before operation in patients …

High blood cholesterol is typically considered a feature of wealthy western countries1,2.
However, dietary and behavioural determinants of blood cholesterol are changing rapidly …

Background Hypertension can be detected at the primary health-care level and low-cost
treatments can effectively control hypertension. We aimed to measure the prevalence of …