Dr. Michael R Driks M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
20 Ne Saint Lukes Blvd Suite 230 Lees Summit MO, 64086About
Dr. Michael Driks is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Lees Summit, MO. Dr. Driks 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 Miami Sch of Med, Miami Fl 1981
University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine 1981
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Histoplasmosis in patients with AIDS: efficacy of maintenance amphotericin B therapy.
- Colonic histoplasmosis in acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. Report of two cases.
- Otolaryngologic community-acquired MRSA infections in a suburban private practice.
- Nosocomial pneumonia in the intubated patient.
- Clinical courses of seven survivors of Clostridium septicum infection and their immunologic responses to alpha toxin.
- Histoplasmosis in Missouri: historical review and current clinical concepts.
- Prospective study of histoplasmosis in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus: incidence, risk factors, and pathophysiology.
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