Scholars@Duke
Emma Fixsen

Emma Fixsen

Assistant Professor of Dermatology
Dermatology

Selected Publications

Severe Mpox Infections in People With Uncontrolled Human Immunodeficiency Virus.

Journal Article Clin Infect Dis · May 24, 2023 In the current mpox outbreak, infections are usually self-limited. We describe 3 patients with uncontrolled HIV and mpox infections lasting months, causing debilitating lesions, complications, and death, despite initiating anti-mpox and antiretroviral ther ... Full text Link to item Cite

A Case of a Micronesian Woman in Hawai'i with Lymphoma and the Role of Implicit Bias in Medicine Affecting Her Care.

Journal Article Hawaii J Health Soc Welf · May 2023 Medically indigent patients, patients of color, those with insufficient health insurance, or patients with severe diseases have a high rate of poor health care quality caused by unconscious implicit and explicit biases. Awareness of the relationship betwee ... Link to item Cite

CoNaMad-Cohorte de Nacimiento de Madre de Dios/Madre de Dios Birth Cohort to Study Effects of in-utero Trace Metals Exposure in the Southern Peruvian Amazon.

Journal Article Ann Glob Health · 2021 BACKGROUND: In-utero exposure to mercury and other trace metals pose a significant threat to child health and development, but exposures and health impacts in artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM) environments are poorly defined. OBJECTIVES: We desc ... Full text Link to item Cite

Resolution of Pembrolizumab-Associated Steroid-Refractory Lichenoid Dermatitis with Cyclosporine.

Journal Article Oncologist · March 2019 Checkpoint inhibitors such as pembrolizumab, an anti-PD-1 monoclonal antibody, are a promising new category of oncological therapeutics, associated with a higher risk of immune-related adverse events including dermatological, autoimmune and endocrine seque ... Full text Link to item Cite

Implementation of personalized music listening for assisted living residents with dementia.

Journal Article Geriatr Nurs · 2018 Personalized music listening (PML) has been touted as a safe and inexpensive means of improving the quality of life, mood, and behavior of persons with dementia. A PML program was implemented in an assisted living facility and evaluated across the five dim ... Full text Link to item Cite

ALSUntangled No. 37: Inosine.

Journal Article Amyotroph Lateral Scler Frontotemporal Degener · May 2017 Full text Link to item Cite

ALSUntangled No. 36: Accilion.

Journal Article Amyotroph Lateral Scler Frontotemporal Degener · February 2017 Full text Link to item Cite

ALSUntangled No. 35: Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy.

Journal Article Amyotroph Lateral Scler Frontotemporal Degener · 2016 Full text Link to item Cite

Epidermal growth factor regulates hematopoietic regeneration after radiation injury.

Journal Article Nat Med · March 2013 The mechanisms that regulate hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) regeneration after myelosuppressive injury are not well understood. We identified epidermal growth factor (EGF) to be highly enriched in the bone marrow serum of mice bearing deletion of Bak and Ba ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Pleiotrophin regulates the retention and self-renewal of hematopoietic stem cells in the bone marrow vascular niche.

Journal Article Cell Rep · October 25, 2012 The mechanisms through which the bone marrow (BM) microenvironment regulates hematopoietic stem cell (HSC) fate remain incompletely understood. We examined the role of the heparin-binding growth factor pleiotrophin (PTN) in regulating HSC function in the n ... Full text Link to item Cite