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Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
Published in: Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging 4/2015

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Tc-99m-HMPAO-Labeled Leukocyte SPECT/CT in Pediatrics: Detecting Candida albicans Tricuspid Endocarditis

Authors: Jérémie Calais, Agathe Edet-Sanson, Stephane Gaucher, Pierre Vera, Joseph Le Cloirec

Published in: Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging | Issue 4/2015

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An immunocompromised 12-year-old girl with a third episode of recurrent severe sepsis and endocarditis suspicion was referred to our center to undergo 99mTc-HMPAO radiolabeled autologous granulocyte scintigraphy (WBC scan). …
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Metadata
Title
Tc-99m-HMPAO-Labeled Leukocyte SPECT/CT in Pediatrics: Detecting Candida albicans Tricuspid Endocarditis
Authors
Jérémie Calais
Agathe Edet-Sanson
Stephane Gaucher
Pierre Vera
Joseph Le Cloirec
Publication date
01-12-2015
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging / Issue 4/2015
Print ISSN: 1869-3474
Electronic ISSN: 1869-3482
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s13139-015-0333-5

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