Ronald McDonald® Children's Hospital

Pediatric Infectious Disease specialists provide diagnosis and management of patients with confirmed or suspected infections. Both outpatient and emergency inpatient consultations are available.

The infectious disease specialists treat complicated problems including:

• Unusual rashes
• Congenital infections
• Kawasaki's disease
• Fever of uncertain origin
• Meningitis
• Tick-borne diseases
• Diarrheal diseases
• Intra-abdominal infections
• Tuberculosis
• Lymphnode infections
• Bone and joint infections
• Unusual or prolonged viral infections

The practice has a special interest in treating children who require long-term antibiotic therapy and evaluating children with suspected immunodeficiency conditions.