National survey on nuclear imaging in infectious bone pathology: Results and diagnostic recommendations of the Musculoskeletal Pathology Working Group (MSP-WG).

Abstract

The continued increase in demand for diagnosis and monitoring of infectious bone diseases, along with the introduction of new equipment, radiopharmaceuticals, and techniques for this purpose, has made it necessary to dynamically update the existing protocols and recommendations. Therefore, the MSP-WG conducted a survey for spanish hospitals to complete and develop recommendations in the form of algorithms, in an attempt to combine existing scientific evidence with the reality of national clinical practice.