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Objective

The discrimination of bacterial infections from sterile inflammatory processes is of great importance in the management of inflammation. Currently available techniques cannot decisively address this issue. In this respect, antimicrobial peptide 99m Tc-ubiquicidin (UBI) 29–41 scans have been showing interesting results. The aim of this study was to determine the accuracy of 99m Tc-UBI scan in the detection of osteomyelitis and to compare it with 99m Tc-methylene diphosphonate scan and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

Methods

Twenty patients (mean age= 48.90 years) with suspected osteomyelitis were included in this study. After evaluation of each patient through history taking, physical examination, appropriate laboratory tests, and other processes including bone probing, wound culture, and plain film radiography, MRIs, 99m Tc-UBI scans, and 99m Tc-methylene diphosphonate scans were …