The Infectious Disease specialists provide consultation and counseling for inpatients and outpatients with acute or chronic pediatric infections. Laboratory assistance in diagnosis of infections and assistance in the selection of antibiotics, antivirals and other therapies is provided.

Conditions diagnosed and treated include:

• Antimicrobial treatment failures
• Chronic and recurring infections
• Congenital infections
• Fevers: recurrent, persistent or unexplained
• HIV exposure (especially newborns)
• HIV infection
• Infections from multi-resistant organisms
• Serious or life-threatening infections
• Suspected immunodeficiencies
• Travel-related disease
• Viral infections, severe or persistent

Physicians:

Amina Ahmed, MD      
Herbert W. Clegg II, MD        
Niraj C. Patel, MD
David Rupar, MD

Members of the Professional Staff:

Amy Fadden, MSW – Pediatric HIV Social Worker
Mary Dewalt, RN – Pediatric Infectious Disease Nurse Clinician

Why Levine Children's Hospital?

• Board-certified pediatric infectious disease physicians are available 24 hours a day.
• Excellent care is provided in a family-centered atmosphere by conscientious and caring physicians, nurses and other members of the interdisciplinary team.
• Child Life staff and language interpreters are available to help alleviate the fear of a child and his/her family before procedures.
• We provide high quality care for patients with difficult infections.