Infectious Diseases

  • 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.

  • Coagulopathy in COVID-19: Manifestations and management
    Simon R. Mucha, MD, Siddharth Dugar, MD, Keith McCrae, MD, Douglas Joseph, DO, John Bartholomew, MD, Gretchen L. Sacha, PharmD, RPh, BCCCP and Michael Militello, PharmD, RPh, BCPS
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2020, 87 (8) 461-468; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.ccc024

    Prophylaxis against venous thromboembolism is recommended for all patients hospitalized with COVID-19.

  • Thoracic imaging in COVID-19
    Thoracic imaging in COVID-19
    Ruchi Yadav, MD, Debasis Sahoo, MD, FCCP and Ruffin Graham, MD
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2020, 87 (8) 469-476; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.ccc032

    Typical findings include bilateral multifocal parenchymal opacities, predominantly in the peripheral and lower zones.

  • 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.

  • Rhinosinusitis and the role of imaging
    Nicole Frerichs, DO and Andrei Brateanu, MD, FACP
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2020, 87 (8) 485-492; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19092

    Imaging should only be used in complicated sinus infections, in recurrent or chronic sinus disease, or in surgical planning.

  • Pneumonia and alcohol use disorder: Implications for treatment
    Niyati M. Gupta, MD, Abhishek Deshpande, MD, PhD and Michael B. Rothberg, MD, MPH
    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine August 2020, 87 (8) 493-500; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3949/ccjm.87a.19105

    Patients with alcohol use disorder are at increased risk for Streptococcus pneumoniae but not resistant gram-negative infections.

  • 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?

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