Dr. John L. Carpenter M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
328 W Main Lewisville TX, 75057About
Dr. John Carpenter is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Lewisville, TX. Dr. Carpenter 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.
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Periprosthetic knee joint infection following colonoscopy. A case report.
- Fusarium osteomyelitis: case report and review of the literature.
- Clinical significance of Aerococcus urinae: a retrospective review.
- Cardiac tamponade in Still disease: a review of the literature.
- Postoperative instrumented spine infections: a retrospective review.
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