Johan Bakken
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
920 E 1st St Ste 102 DULUTH MN, 55802About
Dr. Johan Bakken is an infectious disease specialist practicing in DULUTH, MN. Dr. Bakken specializes in infections that are difficult to diagnose or unresponsive to treatments, such as HIV, tick-borne infections including Lyme disease, human granulocytic anaplasmosis, babesiosis and Clostridium difficile infections. 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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