Dr. Melanie Gerrior MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
9330 Medical Plaza Dr Charleston SC, 29406About
Dr. Melanie Gerrior is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Charleston, SC. Dr. Gerrior 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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