Dr. Douglas Dane Blevins MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
9 Strawberry Ridge Ln Durham NC, 27713About
Dr. Douglas Blevins is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Durham, NC. Dr. Blevins 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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