Dr. Alice Chaffin Thornton MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
740 S Limestone Lexington KY, 40536About
Dr. Alice Thornton is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Lexington, KY. Dr. Thornton 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
Marshall Univ Sch of Med, Huntington Wv 1992
Marshall University 1992
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Metronidazole-induced pancreatitis in a patient with recurrent vaginal trichomoniasis.
- Poppers: epidemiology and clinical management of inhaled nitrite abuse.
- Testing practices and knowledge of HIV among prenatal care providers in a low seroprevalence state.
- Blunted humoral response to influenza vaccination in patients exposed to zidovudine plus trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole.
- Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole exposure alters ex vivo function of B lymphocytes isolated from human immunodeficiency virus-infected patients receiving Zidovudine.
- Perceptions and practices of physicians regarding outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy in persons who inject drugs.
- A Qualitative Approach to Increasing HIV Prevention in Primary Care Settings for Older Adults.
- Persistence of Macrocytosis after Discontinuation of Zidovudine in HIV-Infected Patients.
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