Clinical Education Center

The Opioid Epidemic Within the COVID-19 Pandemic: Drug Testing in 2020

Authors: Niles JK, Gudin J, Radcliff J, Kaufman HW
Popul Health Manag. 2020 Oct 8. doi: 10.1089/pop.2020.0230. Online ahead of print.

Specialties: Infectious Disease, Toxicology/Pain Management

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Pooling of Upper Respiratory Specimens Using a SARS-CoV-2 Real Time RT-PCR Assay Authorized for Emergency Use in Low Prevalence Populations for High-Throughput Testing

Authors: Borillo GA, Kagan RM, Baumann RE, Fainstein BM, Umaru L, Li H-R, Kaufman HW, Clarke NJ, Marlowe EM
Open Forum Infect Dis. 2020 Sep 29. doi: org/10.1093/ofid/ofaa466

Specialties: Infectious Disease

Disparities in SARS-CoV-2 Positivity Rates: Associations with Race and Ethnicity

Authors: Kaufman HW, Niles JK, Nash DB
Popul Health Manag. 2020 Sep 23. doi: 10.1089/pop.2020.0163. Online ahead of print.

Specialties: Infectious Disease

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SARS-CoV-2 positivity rates associated with circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels

Authors: Kaufman HW, Niles JK, Kroll MH, Bi C, Holick MF
PLoS One. 2020 Sep 17;15(9):e0239252. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0239252. eCollection 2020.

Specialties: Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, Infectious Disease

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Sample Multiplexing: Increased Throughput for Quantification of Total Testosterone in Serum by Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry

Authors: Colletti JD, Redor-Goldman MM, Pomperada AE, Ghoshal AK, Wu WW, McPhaul MJ, Clarke NJ.
Clin Chem. 2020 Sep 1;66(9):1181-1189. doi: 10.1093/clinchem/hvaa117.

Specialties: Cardiology, Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism

A sixteen-year single-center retrospective chart review of Spitz nevi and spitzoid neoplasms in pediatric patients.

Authors: Davies OMT, Majerowski J, Segura A, Kelley SW, Sokumbi O, Humphrey SR.
Pediatr Dermatol. 2020 Aug 28. doi: 10.1111/pde.14320. Online ahead of print.

Specialties: Dermatology, Pediatrics

Disclaimer: One or more of the authors of this publication were employed at the time by DermPath, a subsidiary of Quest Diagnostics.

Chlamydia and Gonorrhea: Shifting Age-Based Positivity Among Young Females, 2010-2017

Authors: Kaufman HW, Gift TL, Kreisel K, Niles JK, Alagia DP.
Am J Prev Med. 2020 Aug 20;S0749-3797(20)30271-3. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2020.05.023. [Online ahead of print.]

Specialties: Infectious Disease, Women's Health/OB/GYN

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Therapeutic plasma exchange and intravenous immune globulin in the treatment of heparin-induced thrombocytopenia: A systematic review.

Authors: Onuoha C, Barton KD, Wong ECC, Raval JS, Rollins-Raval MA, Ipe TS, Kiss JE, Boral LI, Adamksi J, Zantek ND, Onwuemene OA.
Transfusion. 2020 Aug 19. doi: 10.1111/trf.16018. Online ahead of print.

Specialties: Hematology/Hemostasis/Thrombosis

Detection of SARS-CoV-2 IgG Targeting Nucleocapsid or Spike Protein by Four High Throughput Immunoassays Authorized for Emergency Use

Authors: Prince HE, Givens TS, Lapé-Nixon M, Clarke NJ, Schwab DA, Batterman HJ, Jones RS, Meyer WA, Kapoor H, Rowland CM, Haji-Sheikhi F, Marlowe EM
J Clin Microbiol. 2020 Aug 18;JCM.01742-20. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01742-20. Online ahead of print.

Specialties: Infectious Disease

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A retrospective study on the clinicopathological features of IgG/IgA pemphigus.

Authors: Criscito MC, Cohen JM, Toosi S, Penn LA, Ross CL, Park J, Love EM, Lehman JS, Brinster NK.
J Am Acad Dermatol. 2020 Aug 13;S0190-9622(20)32416-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2020.07.126. Online ahead of print.

Specialties: Dermatology

Disclaimer: One or more of the authors of this publication were employed at the time by DermPath, a subsidiary of Quest Diagnostics.