Gallium SPECT/CT for permanent catheter infection

Clin Nucl Med. 2014 Mar;39(3):283-5. doi: 10.1097/RLU.0000000000000330.

Abstract

We present a case of permanent catheter infection demonstrated by gallium SPECT/CT. The patient is a 71-year-old woman with a history of end-stage renal disease under hemodialysis via permanent catheter due to arteriovenous graft occlusion. This time, she had fever, chills, and leukocytosis. Whole-body gallium scan showed uptake to the right clavicular region, and the SPECT/CT study showed that the uptake area was localized to the catheter line of the right neck permanent catheter. Culture of the removed catheter grew coagulase-negative staphylococci.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Catheter-Related Infections / diagnostic imaging*
  • Female
  • Gallium Radioisotopes
  • Humans
  • Multimodal Imaging*
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed*
  • Whole Body Imaging

Substances

  • Gallium Radioisotopes