Dr. Yuri F Van der heijden MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
4220 Harding Rd Suite 500 Nashville TN, 37205About
Dr. Yuri Van der heijden is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Nashville, TN. Dr. Van der heijden 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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Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Clinical impact of blood cultures contaminated with coagulase-negative staphylococci at an academic medical center.
- A systematic review of gyrase mutations associated with fluoroquinolone-resistant Mycobacterium tuberculosis and a proposed gyrase numbering system.
- A comparison of interview methods to ascertain fluoroquinolone exposure before tuberculosis diagnosis.
- Isoniazid-monoresistant tuberculosis is associated with poor treatment outcomes in Durban, South Africa.
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