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Infectious Disease

Treating infection is their focus, but the types, treatments and diagnoses vary widely.

Common Procedures

This department treat AIDs patients, fevers of unknown origin, and provides follow up care to people hospitalized with an infection who continue IV treatments at home. For an infection, the physician will take a complete history from the patient, and may look at lab cultures, review films and research in order to identify the infection and the best way to treat it during that initial patient visit.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q. Why did I get infected? What's wrong with my body?
A. Not everyone exposed to an infection will contract it, but, unfortunately, why that is, isn't known.

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