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Infectious Disease
Overview
The infectious diseases department of Children’s Minnesota diagnoses and treats acute and chronic infectious diseases, in both hospitalized patients and outpatient/clinical settings.
Conditions treated
- Bacterial infections
- Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)
- Clostridium difficile (C. diff)
- Atypical mycobacteria
- Viral infections
- Cytomegalovirus (CMV)
- Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
- Recurrent herpes simplex infections (HSV)
- Insect-borne infections
- Lyme disease
- Anaplasmosis
- Babesiosis
- Travel-related illnesses
- Typhoid fever
- Tuberculosis
- Malaria
- Intestinal parasites
- Recurrent fever syndromes
- PFAPA (periodic fever, aphthous ulcers, pharyngitis, adenopathy)
Services offered
- Immunization
- Pre- and post-travel medical consultation
- Clinical support and education
- Prevention services and care coordination for HIV-infected pregnant women and their partners and families. This also includes HIV prevention counseling and support, including PrEP (Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis) for adolescents and young adults ages 15-22. Services include:
- Risk reduction counseling and safer sex supplies
- Regular Medical visits including comprehensive sexual health education and screening
- Referrals to additional resources, including sexual, chemical and mental health care
- Support with health insurance and co-pay assistance program navigation