Journal:
:iranian journal of pharmaceutical research
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davood beiki research center for nuclear medicine, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran,
iran.
gholamali yousefi research center for nuclear medicine, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran,
iran.
babak fallahi research institute for nuclear medicine, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran.
mohammad naghi tahmasebi department of orthopedic and trauma surgery, shariati hospital, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran.
ali gholamrezanezhad research center for nuclear medicine, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran,
iran.
armaghan fard-esfahani research center for nuclear medicine, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran,
iran.
ubiquicidin (ubi) [29-41] is a synthetic cationic antimicrobial peptide that preferentially binds to bacterial cell membrane at the site of infection. we aimed to assess diagnostic value of 99mtc-ubi [29-41] as a radiopharmaceutical in differentiation of bacterial infection from sterile inflammation in suspected orthopedic implants. nine patients suspected for orthopedic implant infection, all ...