Infectious Diseases

  • 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?

  • Polypoid melanoma mistaken for verruca vulgaris
    Andrea Tan, MD, Daniel Gutierrez, MD, Nooshin K. Brinster, MD and Jennifer A. Stein, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2020, 87 (9) 534-536; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19079

    Polypoid melanoma is highly aggressive and often misdiagnosed.

  • Acute dacryocystitis
    Satvinder Singh Bakshi, MS, DNB
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2020, 87 (8) 477; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19121

    Inflammation of the lacrimal sac is related to obstruction, which can be primary or secondary.

  • 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?

  • Clinical presentation and course of COVID-19
    Ryan Miller, DO and Kristin Englund, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2020, 87 (7) 384-388; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.ccc013

    Information about the clinical presentation and course of COVID-19 is rapidly evolving.

  • 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.

  • Perioperative infection: Are we sure what to focus on?
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2020, 87 (6) 317-318; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87b.06020

    Which immunosuppressive drugs pose the greater danger in the perioperative period: the newer biologics or corticosteroids?

  • 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?

  • COVID-19 Curbside Consults at www.CCJM.org
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2020, 87 (5) 255-256; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87b.05020

    These are tough times. This is a wicked disease. But healthcare providers are stepping up.

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