Dr. Richard J Blinkhorn M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
2927 N 7th Ave Phoenix AZ, 85013About
Dr. Richard Blinkhorn is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Phoenix, AZ. Dr. Blinkhorn 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.
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Spread of strain W, a highly drug-resistant strain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis, across the United States.
- Trends in tuberculosis transmission.
- Probable neutropenic enterocolitis in patients with AIDS.
- CT findings in anorectal tuberculosis.
- Emergence of a new opportunistic pathogen, Candida lusitaniae.
- 'Punch' actinomycosis causing osteomyelitis of the hand.
- Lateral pharyngeal abscess due to Yersinia enterocolitica.
- Pulmonary disease due to infection by Mycobacterium avium complex in patients with AIDS.
- Primary intravascular lymphomatosis associated with Mycobacterium marinum.
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