Gallium-67 citrate whole body scanning for the localization of infected vascular synthetic grafts.

Ga-67 (3 mCi) was used in 11 patients to diagnose and locate an eventual infection of their synthetic vascular prostheses. In seven cases, an area of gallium uptake was found and the infection confirmed by surgery and bacteriology. In the remaining four cases, no uptake of gallium was found and the absence of infection was confirmed.