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  • HIV screening for all: The new standard of care
    Wendy S. Armstrong, MD and Alan J. Taege, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2007, 74 (4) 297-301;

    The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now recommends testing all patients age 13 to 64 years in all health care settings, using an “opt-out” rather than an “opt-in” approach. We urge physicians and health care systems to embrace these recommendations.

  • Influenza 2000–2001
    Craig Nielsen, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2000, 67 (12) 898-902;

    Delays in production of influenza vaccine are forcing physicians to prioritize who should be vaccinated first.

  • Clostridium difficile diarrhea and colitis: A clinical overview
    Alan J. Taege, MD and Karim A. Adal, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 1999, 66 (8) 503-507;

    In hospitalized patients who have received antibiotics, toxin-producing strains of C difficile can play havoc.

  • Listeriosis: Recognizing it, treating it, preventing it
    Alan J. Taege, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 1999, 66 (6) 375-380;

    Listeria monocytogenes has become a major pathogen in foodborne illness. In listerial meningitis, the most common manifestation, the mortality rate exceeds 20%.