Infectious Diseases

  • Mucormycosis presenting as dental pain
    Pankaj Garg, MS, MBBS, Aalam Sohal, MD and Sankalp Mittal, MDS
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2022, 89 (10) 553-555; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89a.22001

    A root canal procedure failed to relieve the pain, and 1 week later the patient developed mobility of the left upper teeth.

  • Diagnostic stewardship for urinary tract infection: A snapshot of the expert guidance
    Glenn T. Werneburg, MD, PhD and Daniel D. Rhoads, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2022, 89 (10) 581-587; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89a.22008

    New guidance on ordering, processing, and reporting urine cultures focuses on reducing unnecessary antibiotic use and the misdiagnosis of urinary tract infection.

  • Confusion in a 22-year-old woman, and diagnostic uncertainty
    Brian Elliott, MD, Christopher Newey, DO, MS, Katelynn Alcorn, MPH and Luke McCoy, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2022, 89 (10) 589-595; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89a.20176

    The patient had been complaining of gradual-onset and progressive headache and neck and back pain for 3 weeks.

  • Nasal herpes simplex virus infection
    Nina L. Tamashunas, MD, Robert Simonds, MD and Sarah Young, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2022, 89 (9) 495-496; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89a.21096

    Skin changes on the nose in a 37-year-old patient that began after a scratch were concerning for extensive nasal skin necrosis.

  • Steroids in the acutely ill: Evolving recommendations and practice
    Stephen M. Pastores, MD, MACP, FCCP, FCCM
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2022, 89 (9) 505-511; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89gr.22002

    New information has been generated with regard to what causes critical illness-related corticosteroid insufficiency, how to diagnose it, who should receive corticosteroid treatment, and what regimens to use.

  • The double-tongue sign
    Nami Yoshimura, MD, Takashi Watari, MD, MHQS, MCTM, PhD, Keisuke Misao, MD, Toshihiro Imada, MD and Junji Mashino, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2022, 89 (8) 435-436; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89a.21080

    Computed tomography showed enlarged mylohyoid and geniohyoid muscles, surrounding inflammatory findings, and small gas retentions.

  • Do all patients with primary pulmonary coccidioidomycosis need antifungal therapy?
    Simran Gupta, MD, Nikita Ashcherkin, MD and Janis E. Blair, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2022, 89 (8) 451-455; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89a.21125

    Patients diagnosed with this condition who have no symptoms or are mildly symptomatic do not require treatment and can be closely monitored.

  • An unexpected turn
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2022, 89 (8) 455;

    The following article in the July 2022 issue contained an error: Ganeshan S, Kelemen B, Dhaliwal G, Zier L. An unexpected turn: A 71-year-old man with myocardial infarction. Cleve Clin J Med. 2022;89(7):401–407. doi:10.3949/ccjm.89a.21030

  • Nontuberculous mycobacterial musculoskeletal infections: Recognizable, when suspected
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2022, 89 (7) 355-356; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89b.07022

    Two articles in this issue offer valuable insight into when to suspect these infections in patients who present with swollen, indurated, peripheral soft-tissue structures.

  • Dactylitis from Mycobacterium intracellulare infection
    Hayato Shimizu, MD, Takumi Hashimura, MD and Hiroaki Nishioka, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2022, 89 (7) 360-362; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.89a.21067

    A 69-year-old man presents with 6 months of progressive swelling of the right middle finger, with no systemic symptoms.

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