Micah Thomas McClain MD PhD
Associate Professor, Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine
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40 Duke Medicine CircleClinic 1KDurham, NC 27710
Phone+1 919-684-8111
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Education & Training
Duke University HospitalFellowship, Infectious Disease, 2006 - 2010- Duke University HospitalResidency, Internal Medicine, 2004 - 2006
University of Oklahoma College of MedicineClass of 2004
Certifications & Licensure
NC State Medical License 2004 - 2026
American Board of Internal Medicine Infectious Disease
Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- It's never lupus: Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis secondary to Ehrlichia chafeensis mimicking a lupus flare.Joshua T Kowalczyk, Micah T McClain, Lisa G Criscione-Schreiber
The American Journal of Medicine. 2026-11-01 - The host transcriptional response to real-world cryptococcosis in the setting of advanced HIV disease defines dysregulated immune responses that underlie increased vul...Beatrice Z Sim, Julie M Steinbrink, Cameron Miller, Alejandro Antonia, J Andrew Alspaugh
The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2026-10-01 - Innate immune responsiveness predicts enhanced cellular immunity and symptomatic disease after controlled human influenza infection.Loukas Papargyris, Jiayun Xu, Claire Broderick, Ao Huang, Trupti Gore
Nature Medicine. 2026-07-01
Other
- The common cold in adults: Diagnosis and clinical featuresMcClain MT, Sexton DJ
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/the-common-cold-in-adults-diagnosis-and-clinical-features
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2012-12-16 - The common cold in adults: Treatment and preventionMcClain MT, Sexton DJ
http://www.uptodate.com/contents/the-common-cold-in-adults-treatment-and-prevention?source=see_link&
UpToDate, Wolters Kluwer Health - 2013-04-16
Press Mentions
Harnessing the Host Response for Precision Infectious Disease DiagnosisOctober 15th, 2024- Blood-Based Test IDs Viral Infection Before Symptoms AppearSeptember 25th, 2020
- Blood-Based Test Accurately Identifies Viral Infection Before Symptoms DevelopSeptember 24th, 2020
Grant Support
- Prognostic Biomarkers in Invasive CandidiasisDUKE UNIVERSITY2026–2028
- Investigation of human immune responses in acute rickettsioses: towards development of host response-based diagnosticsDUKE UNIVERSITY2026–2027
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