Post Mortem Leukocyte Scintigraphy in Juvenile Pigs with Experimentally Induced Osteomyelitis

Table 3

¹¹¹In-labeled leukocyte accumulation in lesions in the pelvic and right hind limb regions in 5 juvenile pigs with haematogenous S. aureus osteomyelitis leukocyte-scanned post mortem.

Pig	Lesion	Total number	^111In-leukocytes
a	Osteomyelitic foci	2	1
	Contiguous periosteal abscess	1	1
	Hematoma//abscess at inoculation site	0	0
	Lymph node enlargement	2	0
	Diffusely increased accumulation in the left limb		+
b	Osteomyelitic foci	4	3
	Contiguous periosteal abscess	3	0
	Hematoma//abscess at inoculation site	0
	Lymph node enlargement	2	0
c	Osteomyelitic foci	3	3
	Contiguous periosteal abscess	2	0
	Hematoma/abscess at inoculation site	1	0
	Lymph node enlargement	1	0
d	Osteomyelitic foci	3	3
	Contiguous periosteal abscess	2	()
	Hematoma/abscess at inoculation site	0
	Lymph node enlargement	2	()
c	Osteomyelitic foci	6	4
	Contiguous periosteal abscess	3	3
	Hematoma/abscess at inoculation site	0
	Lymph node enlargement	2	0
Total	Osteomyelitic foci	18	14
	Contiguous periosteal abscess	13	4 ()
	Hematoma/abscess at inoculation site	1	0
	Lymph node enlargement	9	()