Departments ofNuclear Medicine and Internal Medicine, University Hospital Nijmegen,
Nijinegen; Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Erasmus Medical …

Radioactive agents currently available for imaging infection by gamma scinti graphy do so
by identifying inflamma tion in response to the infection, and are therefore non-specific in so …

FIGURE4. Photomicrographshowingsulphurgranules (H&E, x200) inflammatory lesions (14).
Indium-l 11and 99mTc4abeled leukocyte imaging, a more specific method, also have been …

[en] Radiolabeled antibiotics are being used for the specific diagnosis of infection by
exploiting their specific binding properties to the bacterial component, thereby making it …

Radiolabelled monoclonal anti-granulocyte antibodies (MAbs) have been used for imaging
infection for several years [1-3] and recently also for bone marrow imaging [4]. For routine …

Radiolabelling of leukocytes using labelled phagocytosed technetium-99m (99m Tc)
colloidal radiopharmaceuticals has been reported as a method for imaging infection. This in …

The value of scintigraphic imaging using 99mTc labeled poly (ethyleneglycol)(PEG)-
liposomes for detecting invasive pulmonary aspergillosis at different stages of the disease …

TO THE EDITOR: We are compelled to respond to the criticism of Welling et al.(1) about
99mTc-ciprofloxacin (Infecton; Draximage Inc., Kirkland, Quebec, Canada) imaging because …

INTRODUCTION: Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) is a leading cause of infection-
associated death in immunosuppressed patients. Early detection and early administration of …

In this article there is an attempt, to critically review the literature referring to the clinical
validity and clinical applications of in vivo imaging of infected areas of our body, with 99mTc …