
Dr. Henry Ming-yow Wu M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
219 N Broad St 5th Floor Philadelphia PA, 19107About
Dr. Henry Wu is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Wu 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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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Influenza and pneumococcal vaccination: how far we have come and how to go farther.
- A norovirus outbreak at a long-term-care facility: the role of environmental surface contamination.
- Increased incidence of meningococcal disease in HIV-infected individuals associated with higher case-fatality ratios in South Africa.
- Practice patterns of infectious disease physicians for management of meningococcal disease.
- Ebola or Not? Evaluating the Ill Traveler From Ebola-Affected Countries in West Africa.
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