Dr. Karen Blanton Brust MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
200 HAWKINS DR IOWA CITY IA, 52242About
Dr. Karen Brust is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Lewisville, TX. Dr. Brust 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
The University of Texas School of Medicine at San Antonio 2004
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Data provided by the National Library of MedicineAwards
- 2012 Texas Rising Stars
- 2008 Chief Resident, Internal Medicine, Scott & White Hospital, Temple, TX
Treatments
- Aids/hiv
- Pneumonia
- Hives
- Osteomyelitis
Fellowships
- Infectious Diseases Fellowship, Scott & White Hospital, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Temple, TX 2009
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