Dr. Kenneth John Debenedictis MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
Sixth Ave And Spruce St The Reading Hospital Reading PA, 19611About
Dr. Kenneth Debenedictis is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Reading, PA. Dr. Debenedictis 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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