Published July 1999 | Version v1
Journal article

99mTechnetium labelled Escherichia coli

  • 1. Radioisotope Laboratory, Faculty of Pharmacy/UFMG, Belo Horizonte (Brazil)
  • 2. Biological Control Laboratory, Faculty of Pharmacy/UFMG, Belo Horizonte (Brazil)
  • 3. Laboratory Nuclear Medicine, Faculty of Medicine/UFMG, Belo Horizonte (Brazil)

Description

Samples of a culture of unlabeled Escherichia coli were incubated with different concentrations of stannous chloride for various time periods. 99mTc (26.0 MBq) was added to each preparation and the results showed a labelling yield of 98% for E. coli. Since the bacterial viability of 99mTc-E. coli and E. coli did not show any statistical differences, these results demonstrate that labelling of E. coli with 99mTc does not modify the bacterial viability, and the radiolabelled bacteria may be a good model to study bacterial translocation

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PII
S0969804398001857;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Applied Radiation and Isotopes
Journal Volume
51
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 33-36
ISSN
0969-8043
CODEN
ARISEF

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Copyright
Copyright (c) 1999 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.