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Are internal medicine specialists the same thing as infectious disease specialists?
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No: Id specialists are trained in various infections, usage of antibiotics, antivirals, antifungals, sepsis etc. Including hiv, aids.
Answered 11/23/2016
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No: An infectious disease specialist has 3 years of internal medicine residency and is abim board certified in internal medicine and then completes 2 years of infectious disease fellowship. An internist does not have the additional fellowship training.
Answered 9/13/2013
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No: After internal medicine residency training, infectious diseases is a super specialization. So, all infectious diseases specialist are internal medicine specialist; but the opposite is not true.
Answered 7/4/2020
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Specialty: Infectious disease is a subdpecialty of internal medicine. Internal med docs take care of adult complicated patients. An im doctor can specialize in infectious disease by doing fellowship for 2 more years.
Answered 9/13/2013
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No. : Internal medicine physician are general practitioner that treat a variety of disease. Infectious disease doctors are internist that went thru extra training usually 2 more years and treat infectious diseases which are acquired by different organism such as bacteria, viruses, fungi, etc.
Answered 5/12/2018
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