Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are a heterogeneous class of compounds found in a variety
of organisms including humans and, so far, hundreds of these structures have been isolated …

Bacterial infections represent an increasing problem in modern health care, in particular due
to ageing populations and accumulating bacterial resistance to antibiotics. Diagnosis is …

Orthopedic implants account for 99% of orthopedic surgeries, however, orthopedic implant-
related infection is one of the most serious complications owing to the potential for limb …

The rise in multidrug resistant (MDR) bacteria has become a global crisis. Rapid and
accurate diagnosis of infection will facilitate antibiotic stewardship and preserve our ability to …

Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) attack bacterial membranes selectively, killing microbes at
concentrations that cause no toxicity to the host cells. This selectivity is not due to interaction …

During the last decade, the utilization of 68Ga for the development of imaging agents has
increased considerably with the leading position in the oncology. The imaging of infection …

Nuclear medicine imaging techniques offer whole body imaging for localization of number
and site of infective foci inspite of limitation of spatial resolution. The innate human immune …

Bacterial infections are a frequently occurring and major complication in human healthcare,
in particular due to the rapid increase of antimicrobial resistance and the emergence of pan …

Objective To determine the added value of CT over planar and SPECT-only imaging in the
diagnosis of musculoskeletal infection using 99m Tc-UBI 29-4. Materials and methods 184 …

Purpose Although the data are promising from limited studies with technetium-99m
ubiquicidin (99m Tc-UBI) scintigraphy in detection of infection in humans, these studies have …