Abstract
In North America, infectious disease (ID) physicians are pediatricians, internists, and occasionally microbiologists who have taken further subspecialty training. As in other specialities, most ID physicians wear three heats: researcher, teacher, and clinician.
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MacDonald, N.E. (1985). The Role of the Infectious Disease Physician. In: Uhthoff, H.K., Stahl, E. (eds) Current Concepts of Infections in Orthopedic Surgery. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-69833-0_2
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