Mrs. Africa Mcleod Alvarez M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
1111 N CHARLES ST BALTIMORE MD, 21201About
Dr. Africa Alvarez is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Marietta, GA. Dr. Alvarez 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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