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The Quarterly Journal of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging 2020 March;64(1):85-95
DOI: 10.23736/S1824-4785.19.03040-1
Copyright © 2019 EDIZIONI MINERVA MEDICA
lingua: Inglese
Is 99mTc-HMPAO-leukocyte imaging an accurate method in evaluating therapy result in prosthetic joint infection and diagnosing suspected chronic prosthetic joint infection?
Johan TEILER 1, 2 ✉, Marcus AHL 3, 4, Börje ÅKERLUND 3, 4, Sara WIRD 5, Harald BRISMAR 1, 6, Annie BJÄREBACK 7, Håkan HEDLUND 1, 8, Maria HOLSTENSSON 7, Rimma AXELSSON 1, 7
1 Department of Clinical Science, Technique and Intervention (CLINTEC), Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden; 2 Abdominal Radiology, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, Sweden; 3 Department of Medicine, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden; 4 Unit of Infectious Diseases, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden; 5 Department of Pediatric Radiology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden; 6 Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden; 7 Department of Medical Radiation Physics and Nuclear Medicine, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden; 8 Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Visby General Hospital, Visby, Sweden
BACKGROUND: To investigate the sensitivity and specificity of 99mTc-HMPAO-leukocyte imaging in evaluating therapy result in patients with prosthetic joint infection (PJI) and in diagnosing suspected chronic PJI.
METHODS: Sixty-two patients (63 joints) with microbiologically verified PJI were examined by leukocyte imaging to evaluate therapy result during or at the end of antibiotic treatment or if the patient had a chronic PJI after treatment. Group 1 consisted of 49 patients with on-going or within less than 14 days of ending antibiotic treatment examined to evaluate response. Group 2 consisted of 13 patients examined after completed treatment on suspicion of chronic PJI with no or recently initiated renewed antibiotic treatment. This study applied a combination of different imaging approaches of 99mTc-HMPAO-leukocyte scintigraphy: delayed and late planar images, bone marrow imaging and SPECT/CT imaging. All joints were examined with at least two of the approaches and 53 joints with all three approaches. The report was based on the combined results of the approaches used. A chronic PJI was confirmed with a positive microbiological culture. A cured infection was confirmed with either a negative culture or at least 24 months antibiotic-free follow-up with no relapse.
RESULTS: In the therapy evaluation group sensitivity was 0.57 and specificity was 0.81. In the suspected chronic infection group sensitivity was 1.00 and specificity 0.91.
CONCLUSIONS: 99mTc-HMPAO-leukocyte imaging appears to be an accurate method to diagnose or exclude chronic PJI, but cannot be recommended for therapy evaluation of PJI in patients with on-going antibiotic treatment.
KEY WORDS: Leukocytes; Imaging; Single photon emission computed tomography computed tomography; Infection; Arthroplasty