Dr. Michelle T Hecker MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
2500 Metrohealth Dr Mhmc-medicine/Infect Cleveland OH, 44109About
Dr. Michelle Hecker is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Cleveland, OH. Dr. Hecker 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
Univ of Chicago, Pritzker Sch of Med, Chicago Il 1990
University of Chicago Division of the Biological Sciences The Pritzker School of Medicine 1990
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Effect of antibiotic therapy on the density of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in the stool of colonized patients.
- Recurrence of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus stool colonization during antibiotic therapy.
- Seasonal diagnosis of echocardiographically demonstrated endocarditis.
- Overdiagnosis of Urinary Tract Infection and Underdiagnosis of Sexually Transmitted Infection in Adult Women Presenting to an Emergency Department.
Fellowships
- University Hospitals of Cleveland (Ohio)
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