Original Articles: PDF OnlyUtility of Gallium Imaging in the Diagnosis of Mycobacterium Avium-intracellulare Infection in Patients with the Acquired Immunodeficiency SyndromeBACH, MICHAEL C. M.D.; BAGWELL, SANDRA P. M.D.; MASUR, HENRY M.D. Author Information From the Division of Infectious Diseases Maine Medical Center, Portland, Maine, and The Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland Clinical Nuclear Medicine: March 1986 - Volume 11 - Issue 3 - p 175-177 Buy Abstract Whole body Ga-67 scans revealed increased uptake in lymph nodes accessible for biopsy in three patients with the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) infected by Mycobacterium avium-intracellulare (MAI). In diagnostically difficult cases where the usual methods for diagnosing MAI are not helpful, Ga-67 studies may be of value. © Lippincott-Raven Publishers.
