Michael Saccente

Professor

UAMS

Last publication 2025 Last refreshed 2026-05-23

faculty

Internal Med, College of Medicine

15 h-index 42 pubs 1,745 cited

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Michael Saccente's research focuses on infectious diseases, particularly fungal infections such as histoplasmosis and blastomycosis. He has been involved in developing clinical testing guidance and updating practice guidelines for the Infectious Diseases Society of America related to the treatment of histoplasmosis in various patient populations, including adults, children, and pregnant individuals. His work also examines differential diagnoses, such as comparing blood (1→3)-β-d-glucan levels in AIDS-related conditions. Saccente has also published on less common conditions, including chronic lymphogranuloma venereum proctocolitis and complex bacterial infections requiring novel antibiotic strategies. His research network includes collaborators from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, with whom he has co-authored multiple publications.

Metrics

h-index: 15
Publications: 42
Citations: 1,745

Selected Publications

Use of Aztreonam–Avibactam with Rapid Eravacycline Step-Down Therapy for a Tibial Septic Non-Union by NDM-Producing Enterobacter cloacae (2025)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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Chronic Cavitary Pulmonary Histoplasmosis–Novel Concepts Regarding Pathogenesis (2025)

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97. Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis in Disseminated Histoplasmosis: an Overlooked Diagnosis (2025)

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

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376. Testing for Cytomegalovirus Viremia in People with HIV/AIDS- An Opportunity for Diagnostic Stewardship (2022)

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Chronic Lymphogranuloma Venereum Proctocolitis Masquerading as Inflammatory Bowel Disease (2022)

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837. Performance of Blood (1- &gt;3)-β-D-Glucan in People with AIDS Presenting with Respiratory Symptoms (2021)

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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)

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Sweet Syndrome precipitated by Mycobacterium abscessus in a Laotian Man with Autoantibodies to Interferon Gamma (2021)

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