Dr. Kristin Kimberly Dascomb M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
University Of Utah Hsc Infectious Diseases Division 30 North 1900 East Salt Lake City UT, 84132About
Dr. Kristin Dascomb is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Salt Lake City, UT. Dr. Dascomb 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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Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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