Dr. Nicole Irena Rivera-perez
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
HOSPITAL WILMA VAZQUEZ CARR 2 K.M 39.5 VEGA BAJA PR, 00676About
Dr. Nicole Rivera-perez is an infectious disease specialist practicing in VEGA BAJA, PR. Dr. Rivera-perez 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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