Dr. Jessica Patricia Mantilla MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
711 Fairmount Ave Pasadena CA, 91105About
Dr. Jessica Mantilla is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Pasadena, CA. Dr. Mantilla 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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University of Nevada Reno 2007
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