Open AccessOtkrivanje infekcija u abdomenu primenom radioobelezenog antibiotika
Author(s) -
M Vera Artiko,
Mladen Davidović,
M Nikolic,
Nataša Petrović,
S Nebojsa Petrovic,
M Vlajković,
B Vladimir Obradovic,
Slavko Matić,
V. Bošnjaković,
Valentina Milovanovic
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
acta chirurgica iugoslavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2406-0887
pISSN - 0354-950X
DOI - 10.2298/aci0302025a
Subject(s) - medicine , ciprofloxacin , differential diagnosis , scintigraphy , antibiotic therapy , radiology , antibiotics , pathology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
The aim of the study is detection of the abdominal infective foci using 99mTc-ciprofloxacin, radiopharmaceutical supposed to distuinguish inflammation from infection. Twenty one patient was investigated. There were 11 true positive findings, 7 true negative, two were false negative, while 1 was false positive. Sensitivity of the method was 79% and specificity 91%. According to our results, scintigraphy with infecton is a useful method for detection and assessment of exact localization of deep seated bacterial infections, which might be useful for (differential) diagnosis, surgical treatment in due time as well as monitoring of the treatment of conservative therapy.