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Dr. James Zachary Porterfield MD, PHD

Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease

800 ROSE ST LEXINGTON KY, 40536
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Dr. James Porterfield is an infectious disease specialist practicing in LEXINGTON, KY. Dr. Porterfield 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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800 ROSE ST -
LEXINGTON, KY 40536
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New patients: 859-323-5544

Practice At 20 York St

20 York St -
New Haven, CT 06510
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