Allergy/Immunology

  • Cryptosporidiosis in an immunosuppressed patient with persistent diarrhea
    Firas Bahdi, MD, Shilpa Jain, MD and Suneal Kumar Agarwal, MD, FACG
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine January 2021, 88 (1) 24-26; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20016

    A 29-year-old lung transplant recipient presents with diarrhea lasting 1 month.

  • 2020: A year like no other
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2020, 87 (12) 710-711; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87b.12020

    Veracity and bias are issues we address on a daily basis.

  • Dexamethasone or hydrocortisone in COVID-19?
    Chia Siang Kow, and Syed Shahzad Hasan,
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2020, 87 (12) 715; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87c.12005

    Dexamethasone should be favored over hydrocortisone.

  • Fever in a lung transplant recipient
    Graham Walter, MD, Hanna Lyubetska, MD, MSc and Aditya Sharma, MD, FRCPC
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2020, 87 (12) 735-741; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19132

    A 36-year-old woman presents with high fevers, chills, nausea, decreased oral intake, and diarrhea.

  • The effect of disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs on vaccine immunogenicity in adults
    CME article
    Alvin Lee Day, MD, Kevin L. Winthrop, MD, MPH and Jeffrey R. Curtis, MD, MS, MPH
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2020, 87 (11) 695-703; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.20056

    Patients can have variable responses to vaccines, depending on the vaccine and the DMARD.

  • A sneaky vascular disease
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2020, 87 (10) 581-582; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87b.10020

    Cholesterol embolization syndrome may provide insights into atherosclerotic disease.

  • SARS-CoV-2 and myocardial injury: Few answers, many questions
    SARS-CoV-2 and myocardial injury: Few answers, many questions
    Paul C. Cremer, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2020, 87 (9) 521-525; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.ccc001

    What is the mechanism? Is this a distinct population? What are the treatment options?

  • COVID-19: Coronavirus replication, pathogenesis, and therapeutic strategies
    Cornelia C. Bergmann, PhD and Robert H. Silverman, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2020, 87 (6) 321-327; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.20047

    Understanding the virus and how it causes disease points the way to potential treatments.

  • COVID-19 serologic testing: FAQs and caveats
    Kamran Kadkhoda, PhD, D(ABMM), D(ABMLI)
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2020, 87 (6) 329-333; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.20054

    Is serology a possible alternative to direct testing?

  • Rigid airway
    Masaki Itagane, MD, Hiroyuki Yano, MD, Tomoo Kishaba, MD and Mitsuyo Kinjo, MD,MPH
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2020, 87 (6) 334-336; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19129

    A 23-year-old woman presents with nonproductive cough and shortness of breath.

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