Mr. Terrance O Kurtz D.O.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
2100 Dixon Suite E Concentra Cl Des Moines IA, 50316Rating
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Dr. Terrance Kurtz is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Des Moines, IA. Dr. Kurtz 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.
Education and Training
Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine and Health Sciences 1975
Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine 1975
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- A randomized controlled trial of a replication defective (gH deletion) herpes simplex virus vaccine for the treatment of recurrent genital herpes among immunocompetent subjects.
- Hemophilus influenzae pericarditis in an adult.
- A multicenter comparative trial of three-day norfloxacin vs ten-day sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim for the treatment of uncomplicated urinary tract infections.
- Legionnaire's disease: current concepts in recognition, diagnosis, and treatment.
- Successful treatment of spinal arachnoiditis due to coccidioidomycosis. Case report.
- Moxalactam therapy for bacterial infections.
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