Dr. Ben J Barnett M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
6410 Fannin St 604 Houston TX, 77030About
Dr. Ben Barnett is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Houston, TX. Dr. Barnett 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
Texas A&M University, TX 1991
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Solitary parietal lobe histoplasmoma mimicking a brain tumor.
- A case of Strongyloides stercoralis and mesenteric tuberculous infection with acute abdominal pain in an HIV-positive patient.
- Acute human immunodeficiency virus infection presenting as disseminated gonococcal infection.
- Tongue hyperpigmentation in a caucasian patient coinfected with HIV and hepatitis C during peginterferon alfa-2b and ribavirin therapy.
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