Dr. Christopher J. Arnold M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
1300 JEFFERSON PARK AVE CHARLOTTESVILLE VA, 22903About
Dr. Christopher Arnold is an infectious disease specialist practicing in CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. Dr. Arnold 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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500 MARTHA JEFFERSON DRIVE CHARLOTTESVILLE VA 22911