Infectious Diseases

  • Neurologic complications of COVID-19
    Catherine E. Hassett, DO, Aron Gedansky, MD, Ibrahim Migdady, MD, Adarsh Bhimraj, MD, Ken Uchino, MD and Sung-Min Cho, DO
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine December 2020, 87 (12) 729-734; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.ccc058

    Human coronaviruses, including SARS-CoV-2, can be neurotropic.

  • Double the reasons for giving the flu vaccine in 2020
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2020, 87 (11) 647-648; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87b.11020

    Limiting the impact of other diseases, possibly including COVID-19.

  • COVID-19 and flu: Dual threat, dual opportunity
    Sherif Beniameen Mossad, MD, FACP, FIDSA, FAST
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2020, 87 (11) 651-655; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.20161

    Measures to combat COVID-19 can minimize the impact of flu, and vice versa.

  • Does my healthy 65-year-old patient still need the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13)?
    Craig D. Nielsen, MD, FACP and Xian Wen Jin, MD, PhD, FACP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2020, 87 (11) 656-658; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.20012

    The short answer is no—but it is not that simple.

  • Recognition and management of respiratory co-infection and secondary bacterial pneumonia in patients with COVID-19
    Chao-Ping Wu, MD, Fatima Adhi, MD and Kristin Highland, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2020, 87 (11) 659-663; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.ccc015

    Consider the presentation and trajectory of illness.

  • Convalescent plasma for COVID-19: Promising, not proven
    Simon R. Mucha, MD and NurJehan Quraishy, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine November 2020, 87 (11) 664-670; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.ccc056

    The evidence is suggestive but weak. Trials are ongoing.

  • Verrucous plaques on the face, dysphagia, and limb weakness
    Kerry Hennessy, MD and Mahmoud Shorman, MD, MHA
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2020, 87 (10) 587-589; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19151

    An itchy bump on the upper lip rapidly grew and spread.

  • Miliary tuberculosis in a patient with end-stage liver disease
    Victoria Poplin, MD, Brent Harbaugh, DO, MA, Matthias Salathe, MD and Nathan C. Bahr, MD, MA
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2020, 87 (10) 590-593; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19143

    Chest radiography showed patchy left basilar consolidation with subtle, diffuse interstitial opacities.

  • Promoting resiliency in adolescents during a pandemic: A guide for clinicians and parents
    Ellen S. Rome, MD, MPH, Perry B. Dinardo, MA and Veronica E. Issac, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2020, 87 (10) 613-618; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.20055

    Parents of adolescents may face unique challenges in helping their children navigate changes to their daily routine.

  • COVID-19 and the kidney
    COVID-19 and the kidney
    Mohamed Hassanein, MD, Yeshwanter Radhakrishnan, MD, John Sedor, MD, Tushar Vachharajani, MD, Vidula T. Vachharajani, MD, Joshua Augustine, MD, Sevag Demirjian, MD and George Thomas, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine October 2020, 87 (10) 619-631; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.20072

    The kidney may be a target of SARS-CoV-2 infection.

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