Dr. Joseph Michael Fritz M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
224 S Woods Mill Rd Suite 620 Chesterfield MO, 63017About
Dr. Joseph Fritz is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Saint Louis, MO. Dr. Fritz 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
University of Pennsylvania, PA 2002
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
Provider Details
Treatments
- Fever
- Hypothyroidism
- Pneumonia
- Pain
- Cellulitis
- Urinary Tract Infection (uti)
- Osteomyelitis
- Vascular Disease
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