Dr. Leslie Alberto Linares M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
830 Oak St Suite 105w Brockton MA, 02301About
Dr. Leslie Linares is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Brockton, MA. Dr. Linares 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.
Education and Training
Baylor College of Medicine 2003
Provider Details
Treatments
- Diabetes
- Fever
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Pneumonia
- Hives
- Coronary Artery Disease (cad)
- Lyme Disease
- Cellulitis
- Osteomyelitis
- Leg Ulcer
- Vascular Disease
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