Can we produce an image of bacteria with radiopharmaceuticals?

What it found

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Who cites it

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Corrections and comments

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  An imaging analysis of (99m)Tc-UBI (29-41) uptake in S. aureus infected thighs of rabbits on ciprofloxacin treatment.2008

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