Ricardo Argemiro fonseca Franco M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
908 20TH ST S BIRMINGHAM AL, 35205About
Dr. Ricardo Franco is an infectious disease specialist practicing in BIRMINGHAM, AL. Dr. Franco 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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