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Nuclear medicine studies have considerable value in diagnosing infectious conditions in the skeleton. In this chapter we will discuss acute infections of bone and joints separately. The section on acute osteomyelitis will cover radiopharmaceuticals, methods, experimental models and the results of clinical series. Acute infections of joints will be discussed with attention to radiopharmaceuticals, methods and results. The diagnosis of acute infection in prosthetic joints is treated separately. The evaluation of chronic bone infections is described briefly.
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Mido, K., Navarro, D.A., Segall, G.M., McDougall, I.R. (1987). The Role of Bone Scanning, Gallium and Indium Imaging in Infection. In: Fogelman, I. (eds) Bone Scanning in Clinical Practice. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-1407-9_9
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