Dr. Sheila Gillikin MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
910 Old Camp Rd Suite 130 The Villages FL, 32162About
Dr. Sheila Gillikin is an infectious disease specialist practicing in The Villages, FL. Dr. Gillikin 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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