Dr. Melina Paola Diaz-cardenas M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
1120 15th St # Ba-5300 Augusta GA, 30912About
Dr. Melina Diaz-cardenas is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Augusta, GA. Dr. Diaz-cardenas 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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Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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