Article

<sup>67</sup>Gallium Uptake in Psittacosis Infection

John T. Andrews*Director of Nuclear MedicineJ. R. E. FraserUniversity of Melbourne Department of Medicine and Department of Nuclear Medicine, The Royal Melbourne Hospital, Victoria

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicinejournal1979en

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Abstract

Summary: 67Gallium uptake in psittacosis infection. J. T. Andrews and J. R. E. Fraser, Aust. N.Z. J. Med., 1979, 9, p. 437–439. 67 Gallium citrate isotope scanning was performed in a febrile patient with pneumonitis and hepatitis who was later shown to have psittacosis. Focal isotope uptake was detected in both lungs in the absence of radiological changes. There was no enhanced concentration in the liver where inflammatory cell infiltration was slight.

Topics

Medical Imaging and Pathology Studies Amoebic Infections and Treatments Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Applications

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DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1979.tb04176.x

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