Is 99mTc-HMPAO-leukocyte imaging an accurate method in evaluating therapy result in prosthetic joint infection and diagnosing suspected chronic prosthetic joint infection?

CONCLUSIONS: 99mTc-HMPAO-leukocyte imaging appears to be an accurate method to diagnose or exclude chronic PJI, but cannot be recommended for therapy evaluation of PJI in patients with on-going antibiotic treatment. PMID: 31140233 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Quarterly Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging - Category: Nuclear Medicine Tags: Q J Nucl Med Mol Imaging Source Type: research