Effective HIV medications, genotyping, and routine viral load surveillance have enabled primary care physicians to manage as outpatients those who were once complex inpatient cases
treated by infectious disease specialists.
Not exact matches
At Floating Hospital for Children, our Pediatric
Infectious Disease specialists have extensive experience in
treating these «deep» infections, which are typically caused
by bacteria in our environment like Staphylococcus aureus.
Created
by a multidisciplinary panel led
by infectious diseases, pulmonary and critical care specialists, the new guidelines also recommend that each hospital develop an antibiogram, a regular analysis of the strains of bacteria causing pneumonia infections locally as well as which antibiotics effectively
treat them.
By countering the microbes» tactics, scientists might be able to design new ways of preventing and
treating infectious disease.
In the mid-1940s, the Department of Defense commissioned researchers, led
by infectious disease scientist Charles Rammelkamp, to study whether
treating strep with penicillin would also prevent rheumatic heart
disease, then a serious problem among troops.
An associate professor named Janelle Ayres, one of our rising stars, is upending the way we
treat infectious diseases by finding ways to harness the immune system, thereby lessening our dependence on increasingly ineffective antibiotics.
Treatment focuses on preventing complications
by monitoring diet,
treating infectious diseases, and managing seizures.
Long Beach Animal Care Services urge residents who recently adopted or rescued a dog or cat from Texas following Hurricane Harvey to have the animal seen
by a veterinarian, screened for
infectious diseases, and
treated if necessary.
Long Beach Animal Care Services, the Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and Control, Southern California Veterinary Medical Association (SCVMA), and Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Los Angeles (spcaLA), urge residents who recently adopted or rescued a dog or cat from Texas following Hurricane Harvey to have the animal seen
by a veterinarian, screened for
infectious diseases, and
treated if necessary.