Infectious Diseases

  • New bullous lesions in a 72-year-old woman
    Hadrian Mendoza, MD, Justin Goodwin, MS, Jeffrey Gehlhausen, MD, Ian Odell, MD, PhD, Jennifer McNiff, MD and Karthik Gnanapandithan, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2021, 88 (6) 319-324; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20180

    Her history included psoriasis, chronic lower-extremity edema, and hypertension.

  • Medical complications of bulimia nervosa
    Allison Nitsch, MD, Heather Dlugosz, MD, Dennis Gibson, MD and Philip S. Mehler, MD, FACP, FAED
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine June 2021, 88 (6) 333-343; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20168

    Complications can affect all body systems, but especially the renal and electrolyte systems.

  • COVID-19: An unwelcome guest that won’t leave
    Brian F. Mandell, MD, PhD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2021, 88 (5) 254-255; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88b.05021

    Long-lasting economic and societal effects, and lingering post-infection symptoms.

  • Post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection: Caring for the ‘long-haulers’
    Susan Vehar, MD, Marina Boushra, MD, Prince Ntiamoah, MD and Michelle Biehl, MD, MS
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2021, 88 (5) 267-272; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.21010

    An estimated 10% of COVID-19 survivors continue to experience symptoms weeks to months after symptoms appear.

  • What is causing the ‘long-hauler’ phenomenon after COVID-19?
    Leonard H. Sigal, MD, FACP, FACR, MACR
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2021, 88 (5) 273-278; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.21009

    We are still early in our understanding of COVID-19 and its many manifestations.

  • Vaccinating the unvaccinated adult
    Dillon Cason, MD and Paul Williams, MD, FACP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine May 2021, 88 (5) 279-285; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20046

    Numbers of unvaccinated children are on the rise, but when they grow up, some of them come in for care.

  • Crowned dens syndrome: Caution about asymptomatic calcification
    Junki Mizumoto, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2021, 88 (4) 204-205; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20184

    An 88-year-old man developed fever, headache, and posterior neck pain resistant to initial therapy.

  • Calcium pyrophosphate deposition and crowned dens syndrome
    Ann K. Rosenthal, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2021, 88 (4) 206-207; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.21008

    Patients are typically over age 65, often with significant leukocytosis and dramatically elevated inflammatory markers.

  • Is it safe to start steroids at home for a COPD exacerbation after virtual assessment in the COVID-19 era?
    Achintya D. Singh, MBBS, MD, Agrima Mian, MD and James K. Stoller, MD, MS
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine April 2021, 88 (4) 213-215; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20194

    Yes. Corticosteroids are beneficial, and virtual visits are appropriate, especially in this pandemic.

  • A cutaneous clue to HIV infection
    Stephen Chan, MD and Paul Aronowitz, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine March 2021, 88 (3) 145-146; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.88a.20042

    A retired trucker presented with fever, cough, dyspnea, and a rash on his forehead.

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