Dr. Vivek M Manikal MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
400 Health Park Blvd Saint Augustine FL, 32086About
Dr. Vivek Manikal is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Saint Augustine, FL. Dr. Manikal 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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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Antimicrobial resistance in Enterobacteriaceae in Brooklyn, NY: epidemiology and relation to antibiotic usage patterns.
- Endemic carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter species in Brooklyn, New York: citywide prevalence, interinstitutional spread, and relation to antibiotic usage.
- Effectiveness of directly observed therapy (DOT) for tuberculosis: a review of multinational experience reported in 1990-2000.
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- Dr. Syed Wasim Ali M.D.236 Southpark Circle East Saint Augustine FL 32086