Scintigraphic Patterns of Indium-111 Oxine-white Blood Cell Imaging of Gram-negative versus Gram-positive Vertebral Osteomyelitis

Conclusion: In majority of the Gram-positive infected rabbit vertebrae there was high accumulation of 111In-WBC. However, no accumulation of 111In-WBC was observed in most of vertebrae infected with Gram negative organisms which release anti-chemotactic factors that prevent enough accumulation of WBC to infected area.
Source: Medical Principles and Practice - Category: Internal Medicine Source Type: research