Allergy/Immunology

  • 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.

  • Constitutional symptoms, pathologic PET-CT
    Julia L. Riera, MD, Jorge L. Musuruana, MD, Fernando Faccio, MD and Javier A. Cavallasca, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2020, 87 (4) 195-197; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19053

    PET-CT showed diffuse hypermetabolism of the great vessel walls, compatible with large-vessel giant cell arteritis.

  • Gastroenteritis gone rogue
    Jason Russ, MD and Areeba Kara, MD, MS, FACP, SFHM
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2020, 87 (3) 139-144; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19007

    A 56-year-old woman presented with 2 weeks of vomiting and diarrhea. Her troubles were just beginning.

  • A link between A-fib and sleep apnea is no surprise, but why?
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2019, 86 (11) 706-707; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86b.11019

    The two conditions commonly coexist, and treating the sleep apnea results in better rhythm-directed outcomes in the A-fib.

  • Appropriate laboratory testing in Lyme disease
    Appropriate laboratory testing in Lyme disease
    Teny M. John, MD and Alan J. Taege, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2019, 86 (11) 751-759; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.19029

    Testing for Lyme disease is challenging and if done incorrectly can lead to unnecessary treatment.

  • A few pearls can help prepare the mind
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2019, 86 (10) 638-639; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86b.10019

    The caregiver with a prepared mind is more likely to experience the diagnostic epiphany.

  • Vulvar and gluteal manifestations of Crohn disease
    Anna Camille Moreno, DO, NCMP, Oluwatosin Goje, MD, MSCR, FACOG, Melissa Peck Piliang, MD, FAAD and Pelin Batur, MD, NCMP, CCD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2019, 86 (10) 645-646; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86a.19062

    Crohn disease is associated with extraintestinal manifestations in up to 45% of patients.

  • Myopathy for the general internist: Statins and much more
    Chester V. Oddis, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2019, 86 (10) 656-664; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.86gr.19001

    How to evaluate and manage muscle complaints in patients taking a statin, interpret creatine kinase test results, and recognize common as well as potentially dangerous myopathies.

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