Dr. Mary Alexandra Albrecht M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
110 Francis Street Beth Israel Deacones Boston MA, 02215About
Dr. Mary Albrecht is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Boston, MA. Dr. Albrecht 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
Albany Medical College - Union University 1981
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Phenotypic susceptibility and virological outcome in nucleoside-experienced patients receiving three or four antiretroviral drugs.
- Evaluation of cutpoints for phenotypic hypersusceptibility to efavirenz.
- Changes in the slope of the CD4 cell count increase after initiation of potent antiretroviral treatment.
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