Dr. Michael A. Foltzer M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
100 N Academy Ave Danville PA, 17822About
Dr. Michael Foltzer is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Danville, PA. Dr. Foltzer 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 Cincinnati Coll of Med, Cincinnati Oh 1981
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine 1981
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Propionibacterium acnes as a cause of prosthetic valve aortic root abscess.
- Impact of chronic kidney disease stage on lower-extremity arthroplasty.
- Prosthetic Device Infections.
- Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole and other sulfonamides.
- Pneumocystis pneumonia: response to corticosteroids.
- Massive diarrhea in Legionella micdadei pneumonitis.
Professional Memberships
- Member American College of Physicians
- Member American Society of Microbiology
- Member Infectious Disease Society of America
- Member Society for Hospital Epidemiology of America
Fellowships
- U. of Rochester Affiliated Hospitals Infectious Disease 1990
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