Accuracy of 99mTc-Ubiquicidin (29-41) scintigraphy on the differential diagnosis of musculoskeletal infectious diseases and sterile inflammations
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1679-9836.v96i4p225-231Keywords:
Radionuclide imaging, Technetium Tc99m medronate, Muscular diseases/diagnostic imaging, Data accurcy, Diagnosis, differential.Abstract
The differential diagnosis between infection and a sterile inflammatory process is critical and requires imaging techniques that are sensitive and specific. The objective of this systematic review is to determine the accuracy of the 99mTc-ubiquicidin (29-41) scintigraphy on the differential diagnosis of musculoskeletal infectious diseases and sterile inflammations. The papers were searched on the free access databases Scientific Electronic Library Online (ScieLO), PubMed, LILACS, Biblioteca Virtual em Saúde (BVS), Cochrane Library, Banco de Teses e Dissertações da CAPES e Health System Evidences with the descriptors “ubiquicidin”, “ubiquicidina” or “UBI” on the title or abstract of papers published from January 2000 to January 2017. The analysis of the studies suggests that 99mTc-ubiquicidin (29-41) scintigraphy is a method of high accuracy for the differential diagnosis of musculoskeletal infectious diseases and sterile inflammations.