Value of gallium-67 scanning in pulmonary tuberculosis

Journal Article · Tue Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1985 · Am. Rev. Respir. Dis.; (United States)

OSTI ID:6334689

Walsh, T J; Bekerman, C; Chausow, A; Szidon, P

The studied 59 patients presumed to have pulmonary tuberculosis to determine whether gallium-WX citrate scintigraphy could improve diagnostic accuracy and help clinical decision making for empiric treatment pending culture results. The sensitivity of 67Ga scintigraphy was 95% and the specificity 27%. The positive predictive value of 69% does not contribute substantially to increase the prior probability of diagnosis in settings similar to ours. The existence of a false negative rate essentially precludes the use of the scan to rule out active disease. The use of the scan for clinical decisions in pulmonary tuberculosis is not recommended.

• Research Organization: Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center, Chicago, IL
• OSTI ID: 6334689
• Journal Information: Am. Rev. Respir. Dis.; (United States), Vol. 4
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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62 RADIOLOGY AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE
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BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
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