Dr. Marisa A Montecalvo MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
19 BRADHURST AVE HAWTHORNE NY, 10532Rating
5/5
About
Dr. Marisa Montecalvo is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Valhalla, NY. Dr. Montecalvo 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
Albert Einstein College of Medicine - Yeshiva University 1984
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Evaluation of dedicated stethoscopes as a potential source of nosocomial pathogens.
- Natural history of colonization with vancomycin-resistant enterococci, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, and resistant gram-negative bacilli among long-term-care facility residents.
- Ramoplanin: a novel antimicrobial agent with the potential to prevent
- Bacterial contamination of ophthalmic solutions used in an extended care facility.
- Epidemiology of an outbreak of antibiotic-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae at a tertiary care medical center.
- Novel influenza A (H1N1) in patients with hematologic malignancies.
- Evaluation of contact precautions discharges in an acute care setting.
- Chlorhexidine bathing to reduce central venous catheter-associated bloodstream infection: impact and sustainability.
- Implementation and impact of ultraviolet environmental disinfection in an acute care setting.
- A computer-based automated reminder increases the percentage of urinary catheters justified by an order and increases urinary catheter discontinuation orders.
- Clostridium difficile infections before and during use of ultraviolet disinfection.
- Is Primary Care Practice Sustainable? From the Secretary's Desk.
- Is Primary Care Practice Sustainable? In response.
- Use of a Perianal Swab Compared With a Stool Sample to Detect Symptomatic Clostridium difficile Infection.
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