Matthew James Perkins M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
1 JARRETT WHITE RD TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER HI, 96859About
Dr. Matthew Perkins is an infectious disease specialist practicing in TRIPLER ARMY MEDICAL CENTER, HI. Dr. Perkins 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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