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Elsevier, European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, 4(10), p. 405-414, 1995

DOI: 10.1016/s1078-5884(05)80162-5

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Avidin and 111In-labelled biotin scan: a new radioisotopic method for localising vascular graft infection

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Abstract

To evaluate a new imaging technique, for diagnosis of prosthetic vascular graft infection. Avidin is a protein which accumulates nonspecifically at sites of inflammation or infection. Due to its extremely low dissociation constant with biotin sites of infection can be imaged, using avidin as a pre-target, followed by injection of 111In-labelled biotin. This technique is much simpler than the common scintigraphic methods which employ labelling of blood components and its target-to-background ratio is greater than the methods employing radiolabelled proteins.