Dr. Prashanth Paramesh Santhekadur MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
11055 Little Patuxent Pkwy Suite 209 Columbia MD, 21044About
Dr. Prashanth Santhekadur is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Columbia, MD. Dr. Santhekadur 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.
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Sri Devaraj Urs Med Coll, Bangalore Univ, Kolar, Karnataka, India MD
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