Index by author
September 01, 2010; Volume 77,Issue 9
Ruiz-rodriguez, Ernesto
- You have accessHepatitis C virus: Prevention, screening, and interpretation of assaysMazen Albeldawi, MD, Ernesto Ruiz-Rodriguez, MD and William D. Carey, MDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2010, 77 (9) 616-626; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.77a.09162
Patients at risk of hepatitis C virus infection should be screened for it so that they can be treated and potentially cured, or can at least avoid transmitting the disease to others.
Taylor, Ryan
- You have accessCharcot neuroarthropathy: An often overlooked complication of diabetesGeorgeanne Botek, DPM, Martha A. Anderson, DPM and Ryan Taylor, DPMCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2010, 77 (9) 593-599; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.77a.09163
Suspect this condition if a patient with long-standing, poorly controlled diabetes and peripheral neuropathy develops a red, hot, swollen foot without ulceration.
Tomford, J. Walton
- You have accessInterferon-gamma-release assays: Better than tuberculin skin testing?Cyndee Miranda, MD, J. Walton Tomford, MD and Steven M. Gordon, MDCleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine September 2010, 77 (9) 606-611; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.77a.09112
These new blood tests overcome some of the limitations of skin testing, but converting to them poses challenges.