Dr. Endale T Mekonen M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
2315 E 93rd St Suite 339 Chicago IL, 60617About
Dr. Endale Mekonen is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Chicago, IL. Dr. Mekonen 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
Univerzita Komenskeho, Bratislave MD
Comenius University School of Medicine 1988
Comenius University School of Medicine
UNIV KOMENSKEHO 1988
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Data provided by the National Library of MedicineTreatments
- Aspiration
- Pneumonia
- Hives
- Diverticulosis
- Cellulitis
- Urinary Tract Infection (uti)
- Osteomyelitis
- Leg Ulcer
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