Infectious Disease

The Infectious Diseases department of CareMount Medical specializes in the medical care of patients with a wide variety of problems that include prevention and treatment of contagious pathogens. Our highly trained, board certified physicians provide diagnosis and treatment for patients with complex and life-threatening diseases. They provide both inpatient and outpatient services.

Symptoms and Conditions Treated

Some of the common conditions treated by our Infectious Diseases physicians include:

• Tickborne infections, including Lyme disease, Babesisosis and Anaplasmosis (Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis)
• Travel medicine, including pretravel consultations for disease prevention and post-travel consultations for problems.
• Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections
• Fever of unknown origin
• Hospital acquired infections, including intensive care unit patients
• Treatment of resistant bacterial infections
• Bone/ Joint infections
• Skin infections including cellulitis

Infectious Diseases Treatment and Services Available

• Vaccines including for Yellow Fever, Rabies, Japanese encephalitis virus
• Travel medicine consultations
• In hospital and office consultations
• Coordination of care with multiple physician teams in patients with complex problems
• Management of outpatient intravenous antibiotics in patients at home or in outpatient infusion centers
• Ordering of diagnostic imaging and blood tests