Expert Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Diseases
Diagnosis, Treatment, and Prevention
This includes a wide range of diseases caused by germs such as bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites. Some infectious diseases are passed from person-to-person, while others are transmitted by insect or animal bites, via contaminated foods or other environmental exposures. Our Infectious Disease specialists have several areas of expertise, including the following:
HIV infection and AIDS
Treatment program for people with HIV infection and AIDS.
Orthopedic infections
Care for patients who develop orthopedic infections. Treatment for patients with infections of both bone and prosthetic devices. Patients may receive care both before and after surgery. In many of these patients, the section supervises long-term antibiotic therapy.
Tropical infections
Evaluation and treatment for patients with tropical infections contracted while abroad. These infections are often difficult to recognize and treat, and may require special expertise.
Invasive fungal infections
Our Infectious Disease physicians diagnose and treat invasive fungal infections. Special expertise in managing these infections in people with weakened immune systems.
Antimicrobial resistance
Hospital-acquired infections are difficult to treatment, because many of the bacteria that cause them are resistant to commonly used antibiotics. Treating antibiotic-resistant infections requires special expertise.
Services
Consultation and patient care for conditions related to:
- Bacterial infections
- difficile
- Cellulitis
- Chronic hepatitis B and C
- Chronic or slow-healing wounds
- Fungal infections
- HIV/AIDS
- Implantable devices
- Influenza
- MRSA (methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus)
- Orthopedic infections
- Respiratory tract infections
- Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs)
- Strep infections
- Tuberculosis
- Other infections or complications from surgery.