Christopher Edward Spitters
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
Harborview Medical Center 325 9th Ave Seattle WA, 98104About
Dr. Christopher Spitters is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Seattle, WA. Dr. Spitters 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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Preventative MedicineAmerican Board of Preventative MedicineABPM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Cardiovascular events during World Cup soccer.
- Unexpected pulmonary involvement in extrapulmonary tuberculosis patients.
- Short-course isoniazid plus rifapentine directly observed therapy for latent tuberculosis in solid-organ transplant candidates.
- Syphilis in San Diego County 1983-1992: crack cocaine, prostitution, and the limitations of partner notification.
- Screening for Chlamydia trachomatis: a case for empirical treatment.
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