Pediatric Infectious Disease at USA Health
Pediatric infectious disease specialists treat children of all ages for various types of infectious diseases. Our team includes infectious disease experts, social workers, case managers, physicians assistants and parent-doctor liaisons. We diagnose and treat your child's existing infection, while also helping to manage infection prevention for high-risk patients.
We treat all types of infectious diseases in children including:
- Measles, mumps, rubella, chicken pox, whooping cough and other common childhood diseases that can be prevented by vaccinations
- Congenital and perinatal infections, which affect a baby in the womb or at the time of birth
- HIV/AIDS
- Blood infections
- Cancer-related infections
- Human papilloma virus (HPV)
- Staphylococcus aureus infections, commonly known as "staph" infections
- Antibiotic-resistant infections, like MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus)
- Respiratory infections including flu, pneumonia, tuberculosis and meningitis
- Bone infections
- Tick-borne illnesses such as Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever
- E. coli and other infections from contaminated foods and water
- Pet-related illnesses such as cat-scratch fever, rabies and trichinosis
- Tropical diseases such as malaria, Zika virus and dengue fever
- Urinary tract infections
- Parasitic infections such as intestinal parasites, lice and scabies
