Dr. Louis D Saravolatz MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
19251 Mack Ave Grosse Pointe MI, 48236Rating
4/5
About
Dr. Louis Saravolatz is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Grosse Pointe, MI. Dr. Saravolatz specializes in infections that are difficult to diagnose or unresponsive to treatments, such as HIV or airborne infections from a foreign country. Infectious disease specialists usually work with conditions that are not treatable by a primary physician but it is important to keep contact with the primary physician in order to receive information about the patients history and for deciding which diagnostic tests are appropriate.
Education and Training
Univ of Mi Med Sch, Ann Arbor Mi 1974
University of Michigan Medical School 1974
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Persistently positive culture results in a patient with community-acquired
- Broad-range bacterial polymerase chain reaction for early detection of bacterial meningitis.
- Parvovirus B19 infection presenting with necrotizing lymphadenitis.
- Changing epidemiology of community-onset methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia.
- Do resident physicians use antibiotics appropriately in treating upper respiratory infections? A survey of 11 programs.
- Health care worker exposure to HIV-1 and HTLV I-II in critically ill, resuscitated emergency department patients.
- The role of tumor necrosis factor in sepsis.
- The emerging role of HTLV-I/II and HIV-1 among intravenous drug users in Detroit.
- Gatifloxacin, gemifloxacin, and moxifloxacin: the role of 3 newer fluoroquinolones.
- Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole compared with vancomycin for the treatment of
- Nitazoxanide: a new thiazolide antiparasitic agent.
- Clinical and laboratory features of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: is it really new?
- Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus causing chronic pneumonia.
- A Web-based course on infection control for physicians in training: an educational intervention.
- Emergence of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection among patients with end-stage renal disease.
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