Infectious Diseases

  • Measles: More than the rash (May 2016)
    Burke A. Cunha, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2016, 83 (8) 555-556; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83c.08003

    Readers comment on recognizing the signs of measles (May 2016)

  • Renal failure in HCV cirrhosis
    Chitra Deepak Punjabi, MD, Yu Kuang Lai, MD, Manjula Balasubramanian, MD and Imara Dissanayake, MD, FACP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2016, 83 (8) 583-588; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15106

    The patient was diagnosed with hepatitis C 15 years ago; now, his kidneys are failing.

  • LGBT care: There has been progress
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2016, 83 (7) 477; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83b.07016

    A tectonic shift has taken place in how we perceive and interact with lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people.

  • A serpiginous, itchy rash on the foot
    Elisabeth Gómez Moyano, MD, PhD, Leandro Martinez Pilar, MD, Sara Bjerg Simonsen, MD and Angel Vera-Casaño, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine July 2016, 83 (7) 494-495; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15110

    Cutaneous larva migrans is caused by helminth larvae, usually parasites of the small intestines of cats and dogs.

  • Multiple linear subcutaneous nodules
    Gitesh U. Sawatkar, MD, Dipankar De, MD, Uma Nahar Saikia, MD and Sanjeev Handa, MD, FRCP (EDIN)
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2016, 83 (6) 414-416; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15058

    A 34-year-old woman has an asymptomatic swelling on her foot that has been slowly growing for 15 years.

  • Navigating pneumococcal vaccination in adults
    Andrea Pallotta, PharmD, BCPS (AQ-ID), AAHIVP and Susan J. Rehm, MD, FACP, FIDSA
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2016, 83 (6) 427-433; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15044

    With two nonequivalent vaccines and different schedules for different groups, vaccination can be confusing.

  • Hordeolum: Acute abscess within an eyelid sebaceous gland
    Colm McAlinden, MB BCh, BSc (Hons), MSc, PhD, Miguel González-Andrades, MD, PhD and Eirini Skiadaresi, MD, MSc, FEBO
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2016, 83 (5) 332-334; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15012

    Chalazion and hordeolum are similar in appearance and often confused.

  • Epiglottic cysts in clinical practice
    Zacharias Vourexakis, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2016, 83 (5) 338-339; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15059

    If the cysts are symptomatic, patients describe nonspecific pharyngeal discomfort or a foreign-body sensation.

  • Measles: Back again
    Dheeraj Kumar, MD and Camille Sabella, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2016, 83 (5) 340-344; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.15039

    The disease is serious and highly contagious. Vaccination is safe and should be strongly promoted for healthy children.

  • Pseudomembranous colitis: Not always Clostridium difficile
    Derek M. Tang, MD, Nathalie H. Urrunaga, MD, MS and Erik C. Von Rosenvinge, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2016, 83 (5) 361-366; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.83a.14183

    Other causes include other infections, ischemia, medications, and inflammatory mucosal diseases.

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