Dr. Paul T Harrington MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
6801 Rogers Ave Fort Smith AR, 72903About
Dr. Paul Harrington is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Fort Smith, AR. Dr. Harrington 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 Pr Sch Of Med- San Juan Pr 1976
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Successful medical therapy of Rhodococcus equi pneumonia in a patient with HIV infection.
- Management of HIV infection in adults.
- Sustaining excellence: clinical nurse specialist practice and magnet designation.
- Adrenal insufficiency in the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
- Focus on AIDS in Florida.
- The role of bacterial surface factors in the pathogenesis of infective endocarditis.
- [Cephalosporins. Therapeutic progress].
- Sexually transmitted diseases. Part II. Syphilis, chlamydias, herpes and scabies.
- [Strongyloidiasis in the immunocompromised patient].
- [Strongyloidiasis in the immunologically compromised patient].
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