Michael Saccente

Professor

UAMS

Also affiliated: American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy (2004); University of Arkansas Medical Center (1998–2025); AIDS United (2000); University of Alabama at Birmingham (1996–1998); Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System (2006–2025); Office of Infectious Diseases (2002); Office of AIDS Research (2000); John L. McClellan Memorial Veterans Hospital (1999)

Faculty Researcher

Internal Med, College of Medicine

15 h-index 42 pubs 1,773 cited

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Michael Saccente is a Professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. His research focuses on the diagnosis and treatment of fungal infections, particularly histoplasmosis and blastomycosis. He has been involved in developing clinical practice guidelines for the Infectious Diseases Society of America, including updates for 2025 concerning the treatment of histoplasmosis in various patient populations. Saccente's work also includes comparative studies of diagnostic markers, such as blood (1–3)-β-d-glucan levels, in distinguishing between different types of pneumonia in patients with AIDS. His research interests extend to chronic pulmonary histoplasmosis and other infectious diseases that may present with complex or overlapping symptoms, such as chronic lymphogranuloma venereum proctocolitis mimicking inflammatory bowel disease. Saccente also has experience in managing difficult-to-treat bacterial infections, as evidenced by a publication on using combination antibiotic therapy for a multi-drug resistant organism.

Metrics

h-index: 15
Publications: 42
Citations: 1,773

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 20 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 5 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 1 citation 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
INITIAL MEDICAL MANAGEMENT WITH DELAYED TRANSCATHETER VALVE REPLACEMENT IN BARTONELLA HENSELAE BIOPROSTHETIC VALVE ENDOCARDITIS (2023)

Journal of the American College of Cardiology 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 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
837. Performance of Blood (1- &gt;3)-β-D-Glucan in People with AIDS Presenting with Respiratory Symptoms (2021)

Open Forum Infectious Diseases DOI OpenAlex
Comparison of Blood (1–&gt;3)-β-<scp>d</scp>-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
934. Diagnostic Utility of Blood (1- &gt;3)-β-D-Glucan Testing in Patients with HIV in Arkansas (2020)

Open Forum Infectious Diseases DOI OpenAlex
Reduced vancomycin susceptibility and increased macrophage survival in Staphylococcus aureus strains sequentially isolated from a bacteraemic patient during a short course of antibiotic therapy (2019)

Journal of Medical Microbiology 12 citations DOI OpenAlex