Dr. Michael Andrew Forgione MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
6900 Georgia Avenue Nw Wramc Building 2, Ro Washington DC, 20307About
Dr. Michael Forgione is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Washington, DC. Dr. Forgione 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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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole in the treatment of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia osteomyelitis.
- Cholera-like presentation in Vibrio fluvialis enteritis.
- Use of tumor necrosis factor alpha inhibitors in hepatitis B surface antigen-positive patients: a literature review and potential mechanisms of action.
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