
Dr. David Andrew Talan M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
14445 Olive View Dr North Annex Sylmar CA, 91342About
Dr. David Talan is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Sylmar, CA. Dr. Talan 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.
Education and Training
Univ of Il Coll of Med, Chicago Il 1981
Board Certification
Emergency MedicineAmerican Board of Emergency MedicineABEM
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Emergency department management of pneumonia.
- A 5-year time study analysis of emergency department patient care efficiency.
- New concepts in antimicrobial therapy for emergency department infections.
- Update on emerging infections: news from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Tetanus among injecting-drug users--California, 1997.
- Why did the chicken cross the road? ... to get the antibiotics.
- Update on emerging infections from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Varicella outbreaks among Mexican adults--Alabama, 2000.
- Clinical perspectives on new antimicrobials: focus on fluoroquinolones.
- Selective tomographic imaging of patients with new-onset seizure disorders.
- Update on emerging infections: news from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Syndromic surveillance for bioterrorism following the attacks on the World Trade Center--New York City, 2001.
- Urinary tract infection.
- Antibiotic use for emergency department patients with acute diarrhea: Prescribing practices, patient expectations, and patient satisfaction.
- Extended-release ciprofloxacin (Cipro XR) for treatment of urinary tract infections.
- Community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: is it in your community and should it change practice?
- Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in community-acquired skin infections.
- Community-acquired bacterial meningitis.
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