Tuberculosis (TB)

    Overview

    Tuberculosis is a potentially serious bacterial infection attacking the lungs. Symptoms include cough or cough accompanied by blood, weight loss, night sweats, and fever. Treatment isn't always required for those without symptoms. Patients displaying symptoms will likely require an extensive course of treatment including multiple antibiotics.

    Our providers

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    Omar Al-Heeti, MD

    Infectious Diseases Specialist Infectious Diseases
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    Zainab Alnafoosi, MD

    Infectious Diseases Physician Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine
    751 N. Rutledge St. Suite 1100 Springfield, IL 62702
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    Melissa Ashley, FNP-BC

    Certified Nurse Practitioner Pulmonology
    751 N. Rutledge St. Suite 2100 Springfield, IL 62702
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    Mouhamad Bakir, MD

    Pulmonologist Pulmonology, Internal Medicine
    751 N. Rutledge St. Suite 2100 Springfield, IL 62702
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    Subhash Chaudhary, MD

    Pediatric Infectious Diseases Specialist Pediatrics
    400 N. 9th Street Springfield, IL 62702
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    Mary Francine Chua, MD

    Infectious Diseases Physician Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases
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    Breanne Frieze, FNP-BC

    Certified Nurse Practitioner Pulmonology
    751 N. Rutledge St. Suite 2100 Springfield, IL 62702
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    Vidhya Prakash, MD

    Chief Medical Officer Infectious Diseases
    751 N. Rutledge St. Suite 1100 Springfield, IL 62702
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    Marcela Rodriguez, MD

    Pediatric Infectious Diseases Specialist Pediatrics
    400 N. 9th Street Springfield, IL 62702
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    Ezzeldin Saleh, MD

    Pediatrics
    400 N. 9th Street Springfield, IL 62702
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    Mingchen Song, MD

    Pulmonologist Pulmonology
    751 N. Rutledge St. Suite 2100 Springfield, IL 62702
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    Rajagopal Sreedhar, MD

    Pulmonologist Pulmonology, Internal Medicine
    751 N. Rutledge St. Suite 2100 Springfield, IL 62702
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    Vidya Sundareshan, MD

    Infectious Diseases Specialist Infectious Diseases, Virtual care through telehealth
    751 N. Rutledge St. Suite 1100 Springfield, IL 62702
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    Sana Waqar, MD

    Infectious Diseases Specialist Infectious Diseases, Virtual care through telehealth
    751 N. Rutledge St. Suite 1100 Springfield, IL 62702
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    Kylee Wassell, FNP-BC

    Certified Nurse Practitioner Pulmonology
    400 N. 9th Street Springfield, IL 62702
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    Peter White, MD

    Pulmonologist Pulmonology
    751 N. Rutledge St. Suite 2100 Springfield, IL 62702

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