Dr. Scott Francis Paparello D.O.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
321 Main St Acton MA, 01720Rating
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Dr. Scott Paparello is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Acton, MA. Dr. Paparello 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
Ny Coll Of Osteo Med Of Ny Inst Of Tech- Old Westbury Ny 1983
Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine 1983
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Esophageal candidiasis associated with acute infection due to human immunodeficiency virus.
- Bacteremia due to Campylobacter cinaedi in a patient infected with the human immunodeficiency virus.
- Brill-Zinsser disease in a patient following infection with sylvatic epidemic typhus associated with flying squirrels.
- Diagnosis of acute typhus infection using the polymerase chain reaction.
- A modified ELISA and western blot accurately determine anti-human immunodeficiency virus type 1 antibodies in oral fluids obtained with a special collecting device.
- Drug susceptibility of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from recent Haitian migrants: correlation with clinical response.
- Cutaneous reactions to amoxicillin-clavulanate among Haitians.
- Tuberculosis and HIV infection.
- A severe systemic reaction to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole in a patient infected with the human immunodeficiency virus.
Treatments
- Travel Medicine, Osteopathic Medicine
Fellowships
- Nat'L Naval Medical Ctr, MD, Infectious Diseases Fellowship 1988
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