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Specialty Description

Pediatric infectious diseases treats a wide range of infectious and immunologic diseases such as those caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites.

Pediatric infectious diseases specialists diagnose, treat, and work to prevent infectious diseases in children. Additionally, they often function like medical detectives and evaluate children with symptoms that are recurrent, atypical or unexplained.