Cook Children's Infectious Diseases
Cook Children's Infectious Diseases team offers care for children and teens with diseases caused by bacteria, parasites, fungi or viruses.
What are pediatric infectious diseases?
We diagnose and treat children with infectious diseases such as:
- Pneumonia
- Tuberculosis
- Travel-related illnesses
- Osteomyelitis and septic arthritis
- Hepatitis B and C
- Recurrent infections
- Fevers of unknown origin
- Congenital infections, including syphilis
- Lymphadenitis
- Pediatric HIV Infection and AIDS
- Kawasaki disease
- Meningococcal disease
- Viral infections, including herpes and cytomegalovirus (CMV), Herpes simplex virus (HSV) and many others central nervous system infections
Pediatric and adolescent services
Our team provides the following services to infectious diseases patients:
- Evaluation and treatment by board-certified infectious diseases doctors.
- Intravenous (IV) therapies for diseases requiring routine infusions.
- Inpatient consultation at several local hospitals.
- Consultation for the management of pediatric infections.
We act as consultants for primary care physicians of children and teens with infectious diseases. It is important that your child also remain under the care of their primary care physician, who will be able to consult with the infectious diseases physician treating them.
