Dr. Michael F Tosi M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Infectious Diseases
948 48th St Brooklyn NY, 11219About
Dr. Michael Tosi is a pediatric infectious disease specialist practicing in Brooklyn, NY. Dr. Tosi specializes in recurring or persistent diseases caused by bacteria, parasites or fungus in infants, children and adolescents. Pediatric infectious disease specialists also provide consultation to other health care professionals dealing with complex cases.
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP- Pediatric Infectious Diseases
DermatologyAmerican Board of DermatologyABD
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- A rapid, specific assay for superoxide release from phagocytes in small volumes of whole blood.
- Detection of enhanced neutrophil adhesion to parainfluenza-infected airway epithelial cells using a modified myeloperoxidase assay in a microtiter format.
- Neutrophil adhesion to parainfluenza virus-infected human airway epithelial cells. Possible contributions of ICAM-1-dependent and ICAM-1-independent mechanisms.
- Surface expression of Fc gamma receptor III (CD16) on chemoattractant-stimulated neutrophils is determined by both surface shedding and translocation from intracellular storage compartments.
- Unique CD18 mutations involving a deletion in the extracellular stalk region and a major truncation of the cytoplasmic domain in a patient with leukocyte adhesion deficiency type 1.
- The murine myeloid cell line 32Dcl3 as a model system for studying neutrophil functions.
- Innate immune responses to infection.
- Postnatal maturation of total cell content and up-regulated surface expression of Mac-1 (CD11b/CD18) in polymorphonuclear leukocytes of human infants.
- Maternal-infant perinatal transmission of methicillin-resistant and
- Anti-idiotype-induced, lipopolysaccharide-specific antibody response to Pseudomonas aeruginosa. II. Isotype and functional activity of the anti-idiotype-induced antibodies.
- Neutrophil elastase cleaves C3bi on opsonized pseudomonas as well as CR1 on neutrophils to create a functionally important opsonin receptor mismatch.
- Endocarditis Due to Cardiobacterium hominis in a 4-Year-Old Boy, Complicated by Right Lower Lobe Pulmonary Artery Mycotic Aneurysm.
- Functional differences between the 40 kDa and 50 to 70 kDa IgG Fc receptors on human neutrophils revealed by elastase treatment and antireceptor antibodies.
- Effect of piliation on interactions of Haemophilus influenzae type b with human polymorphonuclear leukocytes.
- Cellulitis of the scrotum with bacteremia caused by Haemophilus influenzae type b.
Treatments
- Kawasaki Disease, Lyme Disease, Tuberculosis
Fellowships
- Texas Children's Hospital
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