Infectious Disease Doctor
Dr. Cathy A. Petti is an Infectious Disease Doctor in Albuquerque, NM
with special training and skill in detecting and treating bacterial, viral, fungal, and tropical infections.
As an Infectious Disease Doctor, Cathy A. Petti, MD performs
blood tests, microscopies, blood sensitivity cultures, sputum, urine, stool, joint fluid, and cerebrospinal fluid testing as well as X-ray, CT, ultrasound and MRI scans. Infectious Disease Medicine is
a medical specialty that diagnoses, controls and treats both nosocomial (hospital-acquired) and out-patient based infections. Significant diseases and conditions treated by
Infectious Disease Doctors include antibiotic-resistant infections, difficult to diagnose infections, HIV/AIDS, hepatitis B and C.
Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Infectious Disease Doctors
include examining rashes, lymph nodes, chest, abdomen and genital areas; testing blood, urine, stool, joint fluid and crebrospinal fluid and examining X-ray, CT, ultrasound, and MRI imaging; prescribing antibiotics, antivirals, antifungals, anti-parasitics, or botanic medicine to fight detected infections.
An internist who deals with infectious diseases of all types and in all organ systems. Conditions requiring selective use of antibiotics call for this special skill. This physician often diagnoses and treats AIDS patients and patients with fevers which have not been explained. Infectious disease specialists may also have expertise in preventive medicine and travel medicine.
Infectious Disease Doctors in Albuquerque, NM
Clinical Pathologist / Laboratory Medicine Pathologist
Dr. Cathy A. Petti is a Clinical Pathologist / Laboratory Medicine Pathologist in Albuquerque, NM
with special training and skill in chemistry, microbiology, and immunology.
As a Clinical Pathologist / Laboratory Medicine Pathologist, Cathy A. Petti, MD performs
diagnostic tests on bodily fluids and tissue samples. Clinical Pathology / Laboratory Medicine is
the use of laboratory tests to treat and prevent disease. Significant diseases and conditions treated by
Clinical Pathologists / Laboratory Medicine Pathologists include infections, diabetes, and cancer.
Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Clinical Pathologists / Laboratory Medicine Pathologists
include blood test, urine tests, and bone marrow biopsies.
A pathologist deals with the causes and nature of disease and contributes to diagnosis, prognosis and treatment through knowledge gained by the laboratory application of the biologic, chemical and physical sciences. A pathologist uses information gathered from the microscopic examination of tissue specimens, cells and body fluids, and from clinical laboratory tests on body fluids and secretions for the diagnosis, exclusion and monitoring of disease.
Clinical Pathologists Laboratory Medicine Pathologists in Albuquerque, NM
