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Michelle Perkons

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Medicine, Hospital Medicine
1149 Yellow Zone, Duke South Clinics, Durham, NC 27710

Selected Publications


Lyme Neuroborreliosis With Acute Encephalopathy Despite Early Antibiotic Therapy: A Case Report.

Journal Article Am J Case Rep · April 6, 2026 BACKGROUND Lyme disease is a tick-borne infection caused by spirochetes of the Borrelia burgdorferi sensu lato species complex (Bb). Lyme neuroborreliosis occurs in up to 15% of untreated Lyme disease cases and most commonly presents with painful radiculit ... Full text Link to item Cite

Early Immersion in Team-Based Event Review: Experiential Patient Safety Education for PGY 1 Internal Medicine Residents.

Journal Article MedEdPORTAL · 2024 INTRODUCTION: In recent years, there has been a national push to incorporate high-fidelity quality improvement and patient safety (QIPS) education into physician training programs. In fact, integration of robust patient safety education became an Accredita ... Full text Link to item Cite

Exercises in Clinical Reasoning: Digesting a Bloated Differential Diagnosis

Journal Article Journal of General Internal Medicine · July 2021 Full text Cite

When an Infected Meniscus Portends a Perforated Viscus

Journal Article Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice · July 2019 AbstractA 59-year-old woman with a status of post–renal transplant 7 years prior for autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease on tacrolimus and mycophenolate mofetil presented with subacute left knee and righ ... Full text Cite

Chronic myelomonocytic leukemia with central nervous system involvement

Journal Article Leukemia & Lymphoma · September 2, 2018 Full text Cite