Submissions from 2021
Acute Multiple Cerebral Watershed Infarctions as the Initial Presentation of COVID-19 in a Young Male Patient: A Case Report, Randa Abdelmasih, Ramy Abdelmaseih, and Radhames Ramos De Oleo
Meropenem-Resistant Achromobacter xylosoxidans, Subspecies Denitrificans Bacteremia in a Patient With Stage IV Adenocarcinoma of the Lung, Andre Agassi, Erin Pollock, Mary Carter, Robert J. Sherertz, and Andrew Mangano
Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System Blockers Prior to Hospitalization and Their Association With Clinical Outcomes in Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), Ranjit Banwait, Devina Singh, Anamarys Blanco MD, Vaibhav Rastogi, and Khalid Abusaada
Pasteurella multocida Bacteremia in an Immunocompromised Patient After Multiple Cat Scratches, Charles Boadu, Andrea Hernandez, Bassem S. Zeidan Jr., John T. Young, and Johnathan Frunzi
COVID-19: The Vaccine Race Continues, L. Hayley Burgess, Carley Castelein, Andrew Rubio, and Mandelin K. Cooper
An Unusual Case of Complicated Urinary Tract Infection: Emphysematous Cystitis, Wahab A. Gbadamosi and Aisha Miller
Narrative Review of Chloroquine and Hydroxychloroquine for Treatment of Coronavirus Disease 2019, Muhammad Jahngir, Muhammad S. Ghaffar, Jawad F. Kirmani, and Pegah Ghafourian
Aseptic Meningitis Secondary to Antibiotic Therapy, Juan Negron-Diaz, Linda C. Klumpp, Cynthia A. Mayer, and Jeffery Jordan
Large Vessel Ischemic Stroke in a Young Woman With Asymptomatic SARS-CoV-2, Renuka Reddy, Kai Chen, and Katherine Hodgin
Pandemics Throughout the History, Shrikanth Sampath, Anwar Khedr, Shahraz Qamar, Aysun Tekin, Ronya Green, and Rahul Kashyap
Nontuberculous Mycobacterial Infection Predisposing to Chronic Cavitary Pulmonary Aspergillosis, Bryan Vera, Geoffrey Lindblad, Benjamin Carmel, Andres Rivero, and Simon Miguel Edelstein
Submissions from 2020
The Effect of Hydroxychloroquine on In-Hospital Mortality in COVID-19, Samar Aboulenain, Nakeya Dewaswala, Fergie Ramos, Pedro Torres, Ahmed Abdallah, Mohamed Abdul Qader, Baher Al-Abbasi, Charles R. Bornmann, Karolina N. Dziadkowiec, Kai Chen, Jesus E. Pino, Robert Chait, and Kleper de Almeida
Cardiac Troponin-I and COVID-19: A Prognostic Tool for In-Hospital Mortality, Baher Al Abbasi, Pedro Torres, Fergie Ramos Tuarez, Nakeya Dewaswala, Ahmed Abdallah, Kai Chen, Mohamed Abdul Qader, Riya Job, Samar Aboulenain, Karolina Dziadkowiec, Huzefa Bhopalwala, Jesus Pino Moreno, and Robert Chait
Lefamulin: Potential Role of a New Antibiotic in Community Acquired Pneumonia, Mortatha Al-Bassam, Vir Singh, Bobby Desai, and Latha Ganti
ST-Elevation Myocardial Infarction in a 27-Year-Old Male With COVID-19, Mohammed Ali DO, Aisha Mujahid, Khalid Sherani MD, and Salim Surani MD
Diphtheria re-emerges in the unimmunized., Paul Anderson, Matthew Solomon, Sidhartha Ramlatchan, Paul Banerjee, and Latha Ganti
Sphingobacterium Thalpophilum Bacteraemia: A Case Report, Azin Azarfar, Sreyasi Bhattacharya, Shoaib Siddiqui, and Noman Subhani
Thrombocytopenia Associated with Increase in Disease Severity and Mortality in COVID-19 Patients, Ranjit Banwait MD, Aya Marachi, and Uma G. Iyer
Convalescent Plasma in COVID-19, Ranjit S. Banwait, Joshua K. Salabei, Troy J. Fishman, and Uma G. Iyer
Informing Strategy to Ensure Detection: Perceptions of Coronavirus Testing in a Southeastern U.S. Urban Homeless Population, Colleen Bell, Theodore Bosi, and Barbara L. Gracious
Isolated Case of Extensive Cavitary Lung Disease Secondary to Mycobacterium Tuberculosis in a Recently Post-Partum Immunocompetent Patient: A Case Report, Anamarys Blanco, Jay D. Patel DO, Lyd-Marie Rodriguez-Garcia, Sushma Patlolla, and Aneta Tarasiuk-Rusek
COVID-19: Race for Vaccine, L. Hayley Burgess, Jason J. Braithwaite, Emily Singleton, Aaron M. Young, and Mandelin K. Cooper
A Novel Case of Bacterial Meningitis in a Patient with Loeys-Dietz, Lacey D. Colvin DO and Christy Fagg
Innovative Conservation of Inhaled Medication Devices During the COVID-19 Pandemic Through a Canister Reassignment Process, Mandelin K. Cooper, L. Hayley Burgess, Karla Miller, Theresa Baltz, Julia Moody, Elizabeth Wiggins, and Jeffrey Guy
Epigenetic Susceptibility to Severe Respiratory Viral Infections: Pathogenic and Therapeutic Implications: A Narrative Review, Ettore Crimi, Giuditta Benincasa, Neisaliz Figueroa-Marrero, Massimiliano Galdiero, and Claudio Napoli
Use of Dexmedetomidine in Early Prone Positioning Combined With High-Flow Nasal Cannula and Non-Invasive Positive Pressure Ventilation in a COVID-19 Positive Patient, Elis Cruz Salcedo, Lyd-Marie Rodriguez-Garcia, Jay D. Patel, and Andrew Seevaratnam
Broncho-Pleuro-Cutaneous Fistula: An Atypical Presentation of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus Pneumonia, Aunie Danyalian, Nicole L. Cohen, Prashant R. Upadhyaya, and Hector Y. Vazquez Saad
Spontaneous Pneumomediastinum, Pneumothorax and Subcutaneous Emphysema in COVID-19 Pneumonia: A Rare Case and Literature Review, Tarig Elhakim, Haleem S. Abdul, Yoandy Rodriguez-Fuentes, and Carlos A. Pelaez Romero
Spontaneous pneumomediastinum, pneumothorax and subcutaneous emphysema in COVID-19 pneumonia: a rare case and literature review., Tarig Sami Elhakim, Haleem Abdul, Carlos A. Pelaez Romero, and Yoandy Rodriguez-Fuentes
Importance of Awareness of Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Heather Ellis and Hale Z. Toklu
False-Negative CSF Cryptococcal Antigen with Cryptococcus gattii Meningoencephalitis in Southeastern United States: A Case Report and Literature Review, Shawn Esperti, Austen Stoelting, Andrew Mangano, Dveet Patel, Jilian Sansbury MD, and Robert Sherertz
A Rare Case of an Immunocompetent Male With Zoster Meningitis, Mohammad Faluk MD, Shraddhadevi Makadia MD, Ramy Abdelmaseih, S. Mustajab Hasan MD, and Khalid Abusaada MD
COVID-19 Fears May Be Worse Than the Virus: A Case of Cardiogenic Shock Secondary to Post-Myocardial Infarction Ventricular Septum Rupture, Salem Gaballa MD, Avan Aljaf, Kashyap Patel, Jane Lindsay, and Kyaw M. Hlaing
Can Neuron Specific Enolase Be a Diagnostic Biomarker for Neuronal Injury in COVID-19?, Latha Ganti, Enrique Serrano, and Hale Z. Toklu
A Less Virulent COVID-19 Pneumonia, Andrew George and Latha Ganti
Herpes Simplex Virus Type 1 Encephalitis with Syndrome of Inappropriate Antidiuretic Hormone Secretion: A Case Report, Rajiv Goyal, Jason Lee, Robert Kleyman, Hamish S. Patel DO, and Domenick Sorresso
Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients with Elevated Cardiac Troponin I Have Increased Length Of Stay But Similar Ventilation Time, Andre Johnson, George Hanna, Mimi S. Biswas, and Scott Kubomoto
The Coronaviruses: Past, Present, Future, Kimball Kaufman, Shobhit Keswani, Cristobal Cintron, and Hossein Akhondi
SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Positivity and Prevalence in an Outpatient Medical Setting in Las Vegas, NV, Sassan Kaveh, Kimball Kaufman, Tina Danai, and Hossein Akhondi
Does the Removal of Contact Precautions for MRSA and VRE Infected Patients Change Health Care-Associated Infection Rate?: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis., Robert Kleyman, Sophia Cupril-Nilson, Kent Robinson, Shaival Thakore, Furqan Haq, Liwei Chen, Olu Oyesanmi, Kimberly D. Browning, Joseph Pino, and Rahul Mhaskar
Dog Scratch Fever Secondary to Capnocytophaga Species in a Patient Without Risk Factors, Linda C. Klumpp MD, Gustine Liu-Young MD, James Craig MD, Leonard Hamera MD, Jeffrey Jordan MD, Srinivas Dantuluri DO, and Sunoj Abraham MD
Hypercoagulable State in COVID-19: A Case Series of Three Patients, Gideon Logan, Larissa Dub, Emily Drone, Latha Ganti, and Amanda Webb
First Case of Nocardia pseudobrasiliensis Causing Primary Cutaneous Nocardiosis in an Immunocompetent Patient, Shraddhadevi Makadia, Ishan Patel, Ivan Soosaipillai, and Aneta Tarasiuk-Rusek
A Case of Plesiomonas Bacteremia Without Reported Freshwater Exposure, Abigail E. McDonald
Universal Testing of COVID-19 Infection on a New Orleans, LA Labor and Delivery Unit, Vidda Moussavi, Tiffany C. Chang, Alison M. Key, Minmin Luo, Alice S. Tong, and Chi Dola
Is emphysematous pyelitis a precursor lesion of emphysematous pyelonephritis? A case report of bilateral emphysematous pyelitis caused by extended‑spectrum beta‑lactamase Escherichia coli and literature review, Mehboob A. Rehan MD, Asma Rashid MD, Tran Quincy, Ahmed Mahmood, Usma Khan, Oliwier Dziadkowiec, and Douglas Whatmore
Trauma Trends During the Initial Peak of the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Midst of Lockdown: Experiences From a Rural Trauma Center, Heather Rhodes, Kirklen Petersen, and Saptarshi Biswas
Bullous Cellulitis Caused by Pseudomonas putida in a Patient with End-Stage Renal Disease, Joshua K. Salabei, Troy Fishman, Aya Marachi, Veronica Lopez, Yvette Bazikian, and Yvette Bazikian
Infective Endocarditis Caused by Rhodococcus equi in an Immunocompetent Patient, Rony Shah, Linda C. Klumpp, Nishant Nerella, Gustine Liu-Young, and Jeffery Jordan
Abdominal Compartment Syndrome in a Patient Suspected of Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19), Rony Shah MD, Linda C. Klumpp MD, Naeem Syed DO, Parth Patel, and Jeffery Jordan
Tuberculosis-associated HLH in a patient with chronic kidney disease on haemodialysis, Pouria Shoureshi, Johanna Ruiz, Ahmad Abdulzahir, Alexander L. Bisch, Naja Naddaf, and Justin Gisel
Hospital Course of a Man With Viral Pneumonia Caused by COVID-19, Matthew Solomon and Latha Ganti
Still Learning: COVID Through the Eyes of a Medical Student, Alexis Strahan
Fusobacterium necrophorum Septicemia Leading to Lemierre’s Syndrome in an Immunocompetent Individual: A Case Report, Balarama K. Surapaneni, Hanad Omar, Michele M. Iguina, and Manuel Suarez
Research and Data Mining During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Hale Z. Toklu and Rakesh Prashad
An Atypical Presentation of Lemierre’s Syndrome: Complicated by Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura, Bryan Vera Nieves, Geoffrey Lindblad, Javas Gupta, Jessica Hughes, and Andres Rivero
How Do COVID-19 Inpatients in the Denver Metropolitan Area Measure Up?, Paula Watts, Trevor Wojcik, Christina Baker-Sparr, Jason L. Kelly, Surit Sharma, and Dmitriy Scherbak
Atypical Mycobacterial Disease, Brian Winburn and Tariq Sharman
COVID-19 Through the Eyes of My Kids, Miriam Zylberglait Lisigurski
Submissions from 2019
Nocardia beijingensis: A Rare and Unusual Cause of Intracranial Abscess, Lakshpaul Chauhan MD, Nirali Vassa MD, Elizabeth Henderson MD, Ateeq Mubarik MD, Danish M. Siddiq MD, and Abdulmagid Eddib MD
Impact of required antibiotic stop dates and indications on length of treatment in hospitalized patients with pneumonia, Amanda Haddad, Kathryn Hernando, Kayihura Manigaba, and Abigail Antigua
Reactivation of Histoplasmosis Disseminated into the Central Nervous System Presenting as a Stroke, Linda C. Klumpp, Gustine Liu-Young, Fagun Modi, Jeffrey Jordan, and Rony Shah
Impact of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) nasal swab on total duration of MRSA therapy for pneumonia patients, Darren D. Yum, Kayihura Manigaba, Danielle Gagne, and Heather Ellis
Submissions from 2018
Nocardia brasiliensis Infection after Hurricane Irma: Two Case reports, Sarah Al-Obaydi MD, James DeMaio, and Nemer Dabage MD