Allergy/Immunology

  • 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?

  • Cytokines and the still-baffling clinical biology of COVID-19
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2020, 87 (7) 381-382; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87b.07020

    The primary culprit is not certain. Is it all immune damage, or is the continued persistence of coronavirus playing a role?

  • Cytokine storm and the prospects for immunotherapy with COVID-19
    Leonard H. Calabrese, DO
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2020, 87 (7) 389-393; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.ccc008

    Despite gaping holes in our knowledge, treatment is evolving.

  • Mönckeberg medial sclerosis
    Anthony Stack, DO, Sandra Sheffield, DO, Karan Seegobin, MBBS and Satish Maharaj, MBBS
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2020, 87 (7) 396-397; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19085

    A man with chronic kidney disease presents with pain and ulceration of the fingers.

  • 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.