Dr. Carlos Alfonso quilala Santos MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
10 Barnes West Dr Pob 2 Ste 200 Saint Louis MO, 63141About
Dr. Carlos Santos is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Saint Louis, MO. Dr. Santos 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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