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To the Editor: Edelman and Warach provide a comprehensive review of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) (March 11 and 18 issues)¹. They compare MRI with bone scintigraphy and note that MRI is "the imaging method of choice for acute osteomyelitis." There have been a number of studies comparing various imaging techniques for diagnosing osteomyelitis in diverse patient populations. We have found leukocyte scanning with oxyquinoline labeled with indium-111 to have greater sensitivity and accuracy than MRI in diagnosing osteomyelitis in diabetic foot ulcers, using bone biopsy for culture and histologic examination as the gold standard in all cases².

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