Lester E. Mertz, M.D.

  1. Internist
  2. Rheumatologist
  1. Falde SD, Lal A, Cartin-Ceba R, Mertz LE, Fervenza FC, Zand L, Koster MJ, Warrington KJ, Lee AS, Aslam N, Abril A, Specks U. Treatment of Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-Associated Vasculitis With Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage With Avacopan. ACR Open Rheumatol. 2024 Oct; 6 (10):707-716 Epub 2024 July 30
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  2. Samec MJ, Rakholiya J, Langenfeld H, Crowson CS, Abril A, Wang B, Mertz L, Rodriguez-Pla A, Bansal P, Burke M, Jaquith J, Weyand C, Warrington KJ, Koster MJ. Relapse Risk and Safety of Long-Term Tocilizumab Use Among Patients With Giant Cell Arteritis: A Single-Enterprise Cohort Study. J Rheumatol. 2023 Oct; 50 (10):1310-1317 Epub 2023 June 15
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  3. Merkel PA, Niles JL, Mertz LE, Lehane PB, Pordeli P, Erblang F. Long-Term Safety of Rituximab in Granulomatosis With Polyangiitis and in Microscopic Polyangiitis. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2021 Sep; 73 (9):1372-1378 Epub 2021 Aug 13
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  4. Delafield NL, Mesbah Z, Lacy CR, Panicker RR, Pasha SF, Mertz LE, Yiannias JA, Blair JE. Coccidioidomycosis in patients with various inflammatory disorders treated with tumor necrosis factor alpha inhibitors. Med Mycol. 2021 Jul 6; 59 (7):720-727
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  5. Rayfield C, Mertz L, Kelemen K, Aslam F. Vasculitis on brain angiography is not always vasculitis: intravascular large B-cell lymphoma mimicking central nervous system vasculitis. BMJ Case Rep. 2019 Aug 26; 12 (8)
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  6. Sanchez-Alvarez C, Mertz LE, Thomas CS, Cochuyt JJ, Abril A. Demographic, Clinical, and Radiologic Characteristics of a Cohort of Patients with Takayasu Arteritis. Am J Med. 2019 May; 132 (5):647-651 Epub 2019 Jan 04
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  7. Choi K, Deval N, Vyas A, Moran C, Cha SS, Mertz LE, Pasha SF, Yiannias JA, Blair JE. The Utility of Screening for Coccidioidomycosis in Recipients of Inhibitors of Tumor Necrosis Factor alpha. Clin Infect Dis. 2019 Mar 5; 68 (6):1024-1030
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  8. Nokes B, Tseng AS, Cartin-Ceba R, Shamoun F, Jokerst C, Mertz L. Anticoagulation in Behcet related intrathoracic vasculitis. Respir Med Case Rep. 2018; 25:52-54 Epub 2018 June 22
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  9. Brune AB, Holland GP, Yarger JL, Petuskey WT, Mertz LE. Structure and Properties in Synthetic MSUM and the Corresponding Biomaterial. MRS Advances (Soft Materials and Biomaterials). 2016 Jun; 1(36):2551-2556.
  10. Miranda R, Glenn SW, Leighton JA, Pasha SE, Gurudu SR, Teaford HG, Mertz LE, Lee HR, Mamby SA, Johnson MF, Raghu TS. Using Hybrid Change Strategies to Improve the Patient Experience in Outpatient Specialty Care. J Healthc Manag. 2015 Sep-Oct; 60: (5)363-76.
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  11. Franco DL, Ruff K, Mertz L, Lam-Himlin DM, Heigh R. Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis and diffuse gastrointestinal involvement. Case Rep Gastroenterol. 2014 Sep; 8 (3):329-36 Epub 2014 Oct 28
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  12. Funtowicz L, Windgassen EB, Mertz LE. Severe neck pain due to crowned dens syndrome. Consultant. 2012; 52(10):706-7.
  13. Wingerchuk DM, Dyck PJ, Mertz LE. Hemi-meningitis: A focal sign heralding a multisystem necrotizing vasculitis. Neurology. 2008 May 20; 70(21):2014.
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  14. Mertz LE, Blair JE. Coccidioidomycosis in rheumatology patients: incidence and potential risk factors. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2007 Sep; 1111:343-57. Epub 2007 Mar 15.
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  15. Pardi DS, Romero Y, Mertz LE, Douglas DD. Hepatitis-associated aplastic anemia and acute parvovirus B19 infection: a report of two cases and a review of the literature. Am J Gastroenterol. 1998 Mar; 93(3):468-70.
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  16. Matteson EL, Shbeeb MI, McCarthy TG, Calamia KT, Mertz LE, Goronzy JJ. Pilot study of antithymocyte globulin in systemic sclerosis. Arthritis Rheum. 1996 Jul; 39 (7):1132-7
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  17. Littman BH, Bjarnason D, Bryant G, Engelbrecht J, Cohen M, Mertz L, Weaver A, Hunder GG. Steroid sparing activity of tenidap in patients with polymyalgia rheumatica: a multicenter double blind randomized placebo controlled study. J Rheumatol. 1995 Jun; 22(6):1097-103.
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  18. Winkelmann RK, Connolly SM, Quimby SR, Mertz LE. Cutaneous Churg-Strauss syndrome. Eur J Dermatol. 1993 Mar-Apr; 3:175-178.
  19. Mertz LE, Conn DL. Vasculitis associated with malignancy. Curr Opin Rheumatol. 1992 Feb; 4(1):39-46.
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  20. Duffy J, Mertz LE, Wobig GH, Katzmann JA. Diagnosing Lyme disease: the contribution of serologic testing. Mayo Clin Proc. 1988 Nov; 63 (11):1116-21
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  21. Mertz LE, Wobig GH, Duffy J, Katzmann JA. A comparison of test procedures for the detection of antibody to Borrelia burgdorferi. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1988 Aug 26; 539:474-5.
  22. Hoesly JM, Mertz LE, Winkelmann RK. Localized scleroderma (morphea) and antibody to Borrelia burgdorferi. J Am Acad Dermatol. 1987 Sep; 17 (3):455-8
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  23. Broderick JP, Sandok BA, Mertz LE. Focal encephalitis in a young woman 6 years after the onset of Lyme disease: tertiary Lyme disease? Mayo Clin Proc. 1987 Apr; 62(4):313-6.
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  24. Mertz LE, Wobig GH, Duffy J, Katzmann JA. Ticks, spirochetes, and new diagnostic tests for Lyme disease. Mayo Clin Proc. 1985 Jun; 60(6):402-6.
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