Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Infectious diseases are illnesses that are caused by harmful organisms such as bacteria, viruses, fungi or parasites. Infectious diseases can be passed from person to person, transmitted by insects or other animals, or acquired from contaminated food or water. There are hundreds of different infectious diseases, and depending on the organism causing the infection, signs and symptoms of different infectious diseases can vary greatly. Mild infections may resolve with supportive care, but more serious or life-threatening infections may require hospitalization. In addition, many infectious diseases, such as measles and chickenpox, can be prevented with vaccination.

We offer care for infants, children, teens and young adults with a wide variety of conditions related to infectious diseases, from common to complex. Some of the common infectious diseases we treat include:

• Infections with antimicrobial resistant organisms.
• Diagnosis and management of bacterial, viral, parasitic, and fungal infections.
• Fevers of unknown origin.
• Frequent, recurrent or unusual infections.
• Infections in children with compromised immune systems.
• Infections in young children with congenital infections.
• Serious or life-threatening infections.
• Infections with unusual organisms.
• Bone or joint infections.
• Infections of the lung, heart, and brain.
• Recurrent skin and soft tissue infections.

Specialized Infectious Disease Clinics:

• Infectious Disease Vaccine Clinic: We protect children and adolescents against vaccine preventable diseases after completing treatment for cancer or after receiving an organ or bone marrow transplant.
• Multidisciplinary Congenital Cytomegalovirus (CMV) Clinic: CMV is a virus that can affect newborns and infants and may cause developmental problems. At Children's, we provide timely diagnosis and multidisciplinary treatment for infants and newborns with suspected or confirmed cases of CMV.

Members of our infectious diseases team collaborate to translate research discoveries into clinical care. Our Children’s team collaborates with Atlanta and area researchers to develop innovative treatments to help children live healthier lives. Our infectious diseases team members are leaders in the field and actively involved in a variety of clinical research areas, including:

• The safety and efficacy of vaccines.
• Judicious use of antimicrobials and health resources.
• Diseases of public health importance such as tuberculosis.
• Infectious diseases in returned travelers including dengue and malaria.
• Improving health in children with decreased ability to fight infections.
• Infections in newborns.

Children's Physician Group–Infectious Diseases

Children’s Physician Group is the largest pediatric multispecialty physician practice in Georgia with more than 500 doctors who are employed by Children's and/or serve as faculty members at Emory University School of Medicine. Children’s Physician Group–Infectious Disease clinicians include:

Physicians

• Omayma Amin, MBBS
• Frank E. Berkowitz, MBBS. MPH
• Andres F. Camacho-Gonzalez, MD
• Ann Chahroudi, MD, PhD
• Lisa M. Cranmer, MD
• Collin Dubick, MD
• Yaron Fireizen, MD
• Jairo Fonseca, MD
• Thomas Fox, MD
• Kathryn Goggin, MD
• Madeleine Goldstein, DO, MPH
• Preeti Jaggi, MD
• Satoshi Kamidani, MD, PhD
• Matthew Linam, MD, MS
• Latania Logan, MD, MS
• Suong Nguyen, MD, PhD
• Pratik Patel, MD
• Christina Rostad, MD
• Andrea Shane, MD, MPH, MSc
• Rebecca Wallihan, MD

Advanced practitioners

• Elizabeth Miller, PA-C
• Annie Thorne, PA-C
• Casey Vera, CPNP