Dr. U. Fritz Bredeek M.D., PHD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
2351 Clay St Suite 512 San Francisco CA, 94115About
Dr. U. Bredeek is an infectious disease specialist practicing in San Francisco, CA. Dr. Bredeek 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.
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- CCR5 antagonists in the treatment of treatment-naive patients infected with CCR5 tropic HIV-1.
- Gemini: a noninferiority study of saquinavir/ritonavir versus lopinavir/ritonavir as initial HIV-1 therapy in adults.
- SWIFT: prospective 48-week study to evaluate efficacy and safety of switching to emtricitabine/tenofovir from lamivudine/abacavir in virologically suppressed HIV-1 infected patients on a boosted protease inhibitor containing antiretroviral regimen.
- Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV infection: results of a survey of HIV healthcare providers evaluating their knowledge, attitudes, and prescribing practices.
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