Infectious Diseases

Diagnosis and treatment of diseases caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites including:

• Medical emergencies such as Malaria, Meningitis, Encephalitis, Sepsis and Skeletal Shock.
• Fever without focus
• Complex treatment conditions such as tuberculosis, bone, joint or spine infections and those caused by antibiotic resistant bacteria
• Travelers Medicine: advice and disease prevention for travelers. Diagnosis and treatment of infectious syndromes after a trip.
• Screening of latent infections and administration of prophylaxis in patients who need to start immunosuppressants or immunomodulators such as biological therapy, corticoids, azathioprine
• Infections in patients whose immune system is weakened by oncological, immunological, drug, pregnancy or other conditions
• HIV / AIDS and major associated morbidities
• Sexually transmitted diseases

Related Exams

Rx, gasimetria, serologias, hemoculturas, mieloculturas, urocultura, urina II; cultura de líquidos biológicos tais como líquido cefalorraquidiano, ascítico, pleural, pús; testes de biologia molecular, testes rápidos , baciloscopia
 

Main Pathologies / Diseases

• Meningitis, Encephalitis, Pneumonia, Urinary tract infections (including repetitive infections)
• Erysipelas, cellulites and abscesses
• Influenza, Tuberculosis, Tick fever, Brucellosis, Q fever, Leptospirosis
• HIV Infection and Hepatitis
• Sexually transmitted infections: Syphilis, Gonorrhea, Clamydia, Genital Herpes
• Malaria, Dengue, Chikungunia, Typhoid Fever, Rabies, Leishmaniasis, Chagas Disease

Patients presenting the following symptoms should seek this specialized consultation:

• Fever, chills,  rashes
• Pain, heat, flushing and edema localized
• Alteration of consciousness, focal deficits (loss of strength in a limb, change in facial mimicry) and convulsions