Michael Saccente

Professor

UAMS

Also affiliated: University of Arkansas Medical Center (1999–2025); University of Alabama at Birmingham (1996–1998); Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System (2006–2025); Birmingham VA Medical Center (1998); John L. McClellan Memorial Veterans Hospital (1999); Arkansas Department of Health (2000); UAB Medicine (1998)

Internal Med, College of Medicine

15 h-index 42 pubs 1,784 cited

Research Areas

Biomedical Subjects

Links

ORCID Lab Website Research Group UAMS TRI Profile

OverviewAI-generated summary

Michael Saccente's research focuses on infectious diseases, particularly fungal infections and their clinical management. He has investigated conditions such as cryptococcosis, blastomycosis, and histoplasmosis, often in the context of specific patient populations or treatment eras. His work includes studies on bacterial infections, such as Klebsiella pneumoniae, and their presentations, as well as the detection of bacterial colonization on orthopedic devices.

Saccente has examined the impact of drug interactions, such as grapefruit juice on the availability of itraconazole. His recent publications also include clinical guidance for primary and urgent care providers regarding the detection of fungal pneumonias. He has an h-index of 15 with over 1,700 citations across 42 publications. Saccente collaborates with researchers at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, including Ryan K. Dare and Robert W. Bradsher.

Metrics

h-index: 15
Publications: 42
Citations: 1,784

Positions

Professor publications 1998–2025

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Internal Med, College of Medicine Institutional directory
Director Division of Infectious Diseases publications 1998–2025

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Department of Internal Medicine ORCID

Selected Publications

A61-04 Bronchodilator Response in Children With Sickle Cell Disease and Its Correlation With Acute Chest Syndrome (2026)

American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine DOI OpenAlex
Use of Aztreonam–Avibactam with Rapid Eravacycline Step-Down Therapy for a Tibial Septic Non-Union by NDM-Producing Enterobacter cloacae (2025)

Antibiotics 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
2025 Clinical Practice Guideline Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America on Histoplasmosis: Treatment of Asymptomatic Histoplasma Pulmonary Nodules (Histoplasmomas) and Mild or Moderate Acute Pulmonary Histoplasmosis in Adults, Children, and Pregnant People (2025)

Clinical Infectious Diseases 22 citations DOI OpenAlex
2025 Clinical Practice Guideline Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America on Histoplasmosis: Treatment of Mild or Moderate Acute Pulmonary Histoplasmosis in Adults, Children, and Pregnant People (2025)

Clinical Infectious Diseases 7 citations DOI OpenAlex
2025 Clinical Practice Guideline Update by the Infectious Diseases Society of America on Histoplasmosis: Treatment of Asymptomatic Histoplasma Pulmonary Nodules (Histoplasmomas) in Adults, Children, and Pregnant People (2025)

Clinical Infectious Diseases 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
Chronic Cavitary Pulmonary Histoplasmosis–Novel Concepts Regarding Pathogenesis (2025)

Journal of Fungi 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
97. Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis in Disseminated Histoplasmosis: an Overlooked Diagnosis (2025)

Open Forum Infectious Diseases DOI OpenAlex
Neurosurgical intervention improves cognitive functioning in a child with sickle cell disease (2024)

The American Journal of the Medical Sciences DOI OpenAlex
INITIAL MEDICAL MANAGEMENT WITH DELAYED TRANSCATHETER VALVE REPLACEMENT IN BARTONELLA HENSELAE BIOPROSTHETIC VALVE ENDOCARDITIS (2023)

Journal of the American College of Cardiology DOI OpenAlex
Coronavirus disease-2019 in pediatric patients with sickle cell disease: a single institution experience (2023)

The American Journal of the Medical Sciences DOI OpenAlex
376. Testing for Cytomegalovirus Viremia in People with HIV/AIDS- An Opportunity for Diagnostic Stewardship (2022)

Open Forum Infectious Diseases DOI OpenAlex
Chronic Lymphogranuloma Venereum Proctocolitis Masquerading as Inflammatory Bowel Disease (2022)

Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
837. Performance of Blood (1- >3)-β-D-Glucan in People with AIDS Presenting with Respiratory Symptoms (2021)

Open Forum Infectious Diseases DOI OpenAlex
Comparison of Blood (1–>3)-β- d -Glucan Levels in AIDS-Related Pneumocystis jirovecii Pneumonia and AIDS-Related Progressive Disseminated Histoplasmosis (2021)

Clinical Infectious Diseases 10 citations DOI OpenAlex
Sweet Syndrome precipitated by Mycobacterium abscessus in a Laotian Man with Autoantibodies to Interferon Gamma (2021)

Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports DOI OpenAlex