Technetium-99m Ciprofloxacin Imaging in the Diagnosis of Postsurgical Bony Infection and Evaluation of the Response to Antibiotic Therapy: A Case Report

The use of radiolabelled antibiotics is fast emerging as a promising diagnostic test for the detection of infective lesions, because of their specific binding to the bacterial component. Ciprofloxacin is a broad-spectrum antibiotic that has been used as a radiolabelled antibiotic in both the diagnos...

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Main Authors: B Singh, BR Mittal, A Bhattacharya, A Aggarwal, ON Nagi, AK Singh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2005-08-01
Series:Journal of Orthopaedic Surgery
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/230949900501300217