Although our understanding of microorganisms has advanced significantly and antimicrobial
therapy has become increasingly available, infection remains a major cause of patient …

Some complications of joint replacement surgery are easily diagnosed; however,
differentiating infection from aseptic loosening is difficult because these entities are …

Nearly 700,000 hip and knee arthroplasties are performed annually in the United States.
Although the results in most cases are excellent, implants do fail. Complications like …

Postoperative infections are a serious cause of morbidity and mortality and are difficult to
diagnose. Signs and symptoms that are generally associated with infection may be masked …

Although there have been significant advances in the understanding of the pathogenesis of
infection, it remains a major cause of patient morbidity and mortality throughout the world (1) …

The ability to radiolabel inflammatory cells that migrate to foci of infection was a significant
milestone in the evolution of infection imaging. More than 20 years after being approved for …

Prosthetic joint replacement surgery is performed with increasing frequency. Overall the
incidence of prosthetic joint infection (PJI) and subsequently prosthesis revision failure is …

Infection continues to be a major cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Nuclear
medicine has an important role in aiding the diagnosis of particularly deep-seated infections …

Despite significant advances in the understanding of microorganisms and an increased
availability of antimicrobial therapy, infection remains a major cause of morbidity and …

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the usefulness of 99m Tc labelled ciprofloxacin
imaging in detecting the presence of infection in patients with symptomatic knee prostheses …