Research Article

In Vivo Detection of Staphylococcus aureus Infections Using Radiolabeled Antibodies Specific for Bacterial Toxins

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Comparison of [89Zr]Zr-DFO-ToxAb and [18F]FDG radiotracers in a local infection model. (a) PET/CT axial images from animals injected with [89Zr]Zr-DFO-ToxAb (; up) and [18F]FDG (; down), 72 h after the inoculation of bacteria. (b) Region of interest quantification, presented as the ratio of Log10-infected vs. Log10-inflamed ratio for the radiotracers [89Zr]Zr-DFO-ToxAb () and [18F]FDG in infected and inflamed tissue (). Data are expressed as the mean ± standard deviation, and the threshold for significance was set at .
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