Section of Pediatric Infectious Disease
About Us
Overview
The Infectious Disease care team is a speciality section of the University of Chicago Comer Children's Hospital. Infectious disease specialists are experts in diseases caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites. These serious—sometimes life-threatening—diseases can be especially difficult to treat in children. But doctors at the Comer’s have decades of experience treating these conditions, from the mild to the most severe, in young people of all ages.
Our doctors offer expert inpatient care and consultations for children with a wide range of infectious diseases and immunologic disorders including:
- Blood infections
- HIV/AIDS
- Respiratory infections
- Pneumonia
- Skin and soft tissue infections
- Other illnesses, such as cancer, transplantation or heart disease, complicated by acute infections
Our knowledgeable, caring staff also provides a variety of outpatient services to meet your child's needs. An outpatient clinic, which meets three days a week, provides support for families of children on outpatient IV antibiotics, which require monitoring for safety and effectiveness. These children may suffer from certain infections, such as bone and joint infections, which require long-term monitoring.
Section of Pediatric Infectious Disease | 5841 South Maryland Avenue, MC 6054 | Chicago, Illinois 60637-1470
(773) 702-6176 | pedsid@listhost.uchicago.edu