Post Mortem Leukocyte Scintigraphy in Juvenile Pigs with Experimentally Induced Osteomyelitis

Table 2

Number of lesions defined by gross pathology, histopathology, microbiology, and/or CT in 5 juvenile euthanized pigs with haematogenous spread of S. aureus osteomyelitis. S. aureus culture or immunohistochemistry confirmed at necropsy is summarized in the lower two rows.

CT lesion	Pig
	a	b	c^1	d	e
Osteomyelitis	2	4	3	3	6
Sequesters	3	5	6	4	4
Osteolysis of adjacent cortical bone	2	4	6	5	4
Contiguous periosteal abscess	1	3	2	2	2
Arthritis	1^2			0
Hematoma/abscess at inoculation site	0	0	1	0	0
Lymph node enlargement	2	2	1	2	2

leukocyte accumulation in the growth zone of the left proximal calcaneus area (noninoculated limb). fibrinous arthritis in the right hock joint.