Infectious diseases - specialties
The infectious disease specialists at UC Davis Children's Hospital diagnose and treat infants and children who have persistent or recurrent infections or are suspected of having tuberculosis or rare bacterial infections.
The numerous bacterial and viral infections that children and adolescents may contract include botulism, cat scratch disease, conjunctivitis (“pinkeye”), encephalitis, infectious mononucleosis, listeriosis, mumps, polio, rabies, Reye’s syndrome, tetanus, tonsillitis, toxic shock syndrome, urinary tract infections and West Nile virus.
Treatable lung and respiratory infections that children may contract include bronchiolitis, croup, diphtheria, meningitis, pertussis (“whooping cough”), pneumonia, rubella (German measles), rubeola (measles), sinusitis, strep throat (Group A streptococci infections) and tuberculosis.
Parasitic infections affecting children include amebiasis, ascariasis, giardiasis, head lice, malaria, pinworm, pubic lice, toxocariasis, toxoplasmosis, and trichomoniasis.
Adolescents may contract sexually transmitted diseases, including chlamydia, genital warts, gonococcal infections, HIV and AIDS, herpes simplex and syphilis.
Skin infections and rashes to which children are susceptible include cellulitis, eczema, impetigo, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, roseola infantum, scabies, varicella (chicken pox) and warts.
The Division of Infectious Diseases at UC Davis Children's Hospital offers the only Northern California medical practice outside the San Francisco Bay Area with expertise in diagnosing and caring for children with pediatric HIV — human immunodeficiency virus, the cause of AIDS. The Office of National AIDS Policy has determined that one-quarter of AIDS patients in the United States are young people under the age of 21.
The pediatric infectious disease clinic functions as an infectious disease and immunology facility for California Children's Services, providing diagnostic, therapeutic, and support services for infants and children at risk for HIV infection or already diagnosed as having acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS).
Children's Hospital is a participant in the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act Program, which was established by the federal government in 1990 to help underwrite care of people with HIV and AIDS who lack adequate health insurance. The program is administered by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB) Division of Service Systems.
The numerous bacterial and viral infections that children and adolescents may contract include botulism, cat scratch disease, conjunctivitis (“pinkeye”), encephalitis, infectious mononucleosis, listeriosis, mumps, polio, rabies, Reye’s syndrome, tetanus, tonsillitis, toxic shock syndrome, urinary tract infections and West Nile virus.
Treatable lung and respiratory infections that children may contract include bronchiolitis, croup, diphtheria, meningitis, pertussis (“whooping cough”), pneumonia, rubella (German measles), rubeola (measles), sinusitis, strep throat (Group A streptococci infections) and tuberculosis.
Parasitic infections affecting children include amebiasis, ascariasis, giardiasis, head lice, malaria, pinworm, pubic lice, toxocariasis, toxoplasmosis, and trichomoniasis.
Adolescents may contract sexually transmitted diseases, including chlamydia, genital warts, gonococcal infections, HIV and AIDS, herpes simplex and syphilis.
Skin infections and rashes to which children are susceptible include cellulitis, eczema, impetigo, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, roseola infantum, scabies, varicella (chicken pox) and warts.
The Division of Infectious Diseases at UC Davis Children's Hospital offers the only Northern California medical practice outside the San Francisco Bay Area with expertise in diagnosing and caring for children with pediatric HIV — human immunodeficiency virus, the cause of AIDS. The Office of National AIDS Policy has determined that one-quarter of AIDS patients in the United States are young people under the age of 21.
The pediatric infectious disease clinic functions as an infectious disease and immunology facility for California Children's Services, providing diagnostic, therapeutic, and support services for infants and children at risk for HIV infection or already diagnosed as having acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS).
Children's Hospital is a participant in the Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act Program, which was established by the federal government in 1990 to help underwrite care of people with HIV and AIDS who lack adequate health insurance. The program is administered by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB) Division of Service Systems.