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Title: Indium-111-chloride and three-phase bone scintigraphy: A comparison for imaging experimental osteomyelitis

Journal Article · · Journal of Nuclear Medicine; (USA)
OSTI ID:6009595
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  1. Univ. of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine, Knoxville (USA)

To investigate the utility of indium-111-chloride ({sup 111}In-Cl) imaging in detecting osteomyelitis complicating surgical or fracture sites, the proximal tibia of 11 dogs were experimentally infected with Staphylococcus aureus after creation of a cortical defect. The contralateral limb served as a sham-operated control. Animals were serially imaged by radiography, three-phase technetium-99m-methylene diphosphonate (99mTc-MDP) scintigraphy, and {sup 111}In-Cl scintigraphy. There was a significant difference between infected (1.93) and noninfected (1.32) limb's tibia/femur count density ratios on 24-hr (p = 0.0001) and 72-hr (p = 0.0001) {sup 111}In-Cl images. A smaller difference was found for 99mTc-MDP bone-phase tibia/femur ratios (p = 0.0199). Using receiver operator characteristic analysis of tibia/femur ratios, a sensitivity of 61%, specificity of 88%, and positive (75%) and negative (79%) predictive values were determined for the 24-hr {sup 111}In-Cl images. Indium-111-chloride was superior to 99mTc-MDP in differentiating infected and noninfected operative sites.

OSTI ID:
6009595
Journal Information:
Journal of Nuclear Medicine; (USA), Vol. 32:1; ISSN 0161-5505
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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