Pediatric Infectious Disease
UHealth Jackson Children’s Care uses leading-edge diagnostic tools to identify diseases, ensuring that effective treatment will be given as quickly as possible.
We care for children with infectious diseases from birth to adulthood. Our pediatric infectious disease specialists are experts in the evaluation and treatment of infections in newborns, children and adolescents, whether they are caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi or parasites.
We work with labs and researchers at Holtz Children’s Hospital and the University of Miami Health System, which gives our patients access to the latest technologies and methods for diagnosis and treatment of infections of all types.
In the infectious diseases program, specialists provide consultations for infants, children and adolescents with:
- Chronic and recurrent infections
- Pneumonia
- Meningitis
- Post-surgical infections
- Infections associated with international travel
- Infections in immunosuppressed patients
Description
We care for children with infectious diseases from birth to adulthood. Our pediatric infectious disease specialists are experts in the evaluation and treatment of infections in newborns, children and adolescents, whether they are caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi or parasites.
We work with labs and researchers at Holtz Children’s Hospital and the University of Miami Health System, which gives our patients access to the latest technologies and methods for diagnosis and treatment of infections of all types.
In the infectious diseases program, specialists provide consultations for infants, children and adolescents with:
- Chronic and recurrent infections
- Pneumonia
- Meningitis
- Post-surgical infections
- Infections associated with international travel
- Infections in immunosuppressed patients
We also specialize in treating:
- Burn-related infections, in partnership with Miami Burn Center
- Children with both primary and acquired immune deficiencies, including HIV infection and Primary Immunodeficiency Disorder
- Children with fevers of unknown origin
- Congenital infections
- Infections of the eye, in partnership with Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
- Infectious complications of very-low-birth-weight newborns
- Tropical infectious diseases
- Critically ill children
- Infections in surgical patients
- Common childhood infectious diseases
- Immunocompromised patients such as oncology and transplant patients
Description
We also specialize in treating:
- Burn-related infections, in partnership with Miami Burn Center
- Children with both primary and acquired immune deficiencies, including HIV infection and Primary Immunodeficiency Disorder
- Children with fevers of unknown origin
- Congenital infections
- Infections of the eye, in partnership with Bascom Palmer Eye Institute
- Infectious complications of very-low-birth-weight newborns
- Tropical infectious diseases
- Critically ill children
- Infections in surgical patients
- Common childhood infectious diseases
- Immunocompromised patients such as oncology and transplant patients
Location
Holtz Children’s Hospital
1611 N.W. 12th Avenue, Miami, FL, 33136
Open 24 hours
Meet the Team

Pediatric Infectious Disease, Pediatrics
Pediatric Infectious Disease, Pediatrics

Pediatric Infectious Disease, Pediatrics

Pediatric Infectious Disease, Pediatrics
Pediatric Infectious Disease, Pediatrics