Antimicrobial Peptides as Infection Imaging Agents: Better Than Radiolabeled Antibiotics

Table 1

Causes of false-negative and false-positive ¹¹¹In leukocyte studies.

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False Negative

 Encapsulated nonpyogenic abscess

 Vertebral osteomyelitis

 Chronic low-grade infection

 Parasitic, mycobacterial or fungal infections

 Intrahepatic, perihepatic, or splenic infection

 Hyperglycemia

 Steroids

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False Positive

 Gastrointestinal bleeding

 Pseudoaneurysm

 Healing fracture

 Soft tissue tumor

 Surgical wounds, stomas, or catheter sites

 Tumors

 Accessory spleens

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