Hospital for Children

Divisions/Specialties

Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Pediatrics

The Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Pediatrics offers comprehensive evaluation and treatment of all pediatric infectious diseases.

The division provides outpatient evaluation and consultation for children hospitalized with complicated infections.

Patient Conditions

Any pediatric patients with presumed infection in need of assistance with diagnosis or management plan

Specialized Evaluations

Children with Lyme disease
Children with severe or recurrent methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections
Children who are ill after coming from developing countries
Children with fever or unknown infectious diseases

Travelers Clinic

For More Information

Center for Vaccine Development

New Laboratory Develops Rapid Diagnostic Test for Infant Infections.

Online Resources
A list of links to outside Web sites with information about pediatric HIV and AIDS.

Provides vaccinations and prophylaxis against infectious diseases for children and adults traveling outside the United States
Provides evaluation of children with infections acquired abroad

Research Activities

Research efforts of the Division of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Pediatrics occur within the University of Maryland Center for Vaccine Development, a world-renowned multi-disciplinary research center that focuses on development of vaccines for diseases of global significance.

Epidemiology, pathogenesis and immunity against enteric infections
Vaccine development for rotavirus, pertussis, pneumococcus, meningococcus, malaria, Shigella, diarrheagenic E. coli
Bioterrorism center

Services to Physicians

Consultation on complicated cases
Second opinions
Evaluation of patient conditions
Short-term and long-term management

This page was last updated on: October 19, 2009.

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