Infectious Disease Medical Services are available at the following Riverside Medical Clinic locations:
Brockton / Riverside
7117 Brockton Ave.
Infectious Disease
Infectious disease (ID) specialists are physicians with extra training in the diagnosis and treatment of illnesses and infections caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi and parasites. Many infections can be treated by your primary care provider. However, your doctor may refer you to an ID specialist if the infection is accompanied by a high fever or doesn’t respond to treatment. In that way, ID specialists are like the medical detectives at Riverside Medical Clinic. They’re called in when an illness is hard to diagnose.
You may want to consult with an ID specialist if you’re planning to travel to a foreign country where the risk of infection is high. An ID specialist can suggest preventative measures and immunizations to protect travelers.
Our infectious disease specialists may treat conditions such as these:
- Bone and joint infections
- Chronic wound care
- Ebola
- Fevers of unknown origin
- Fungal infections
- Heart valve infections
- Hepatitis B and C
- HIV/AIDS
- Lyme disease and tick-borne infections
- Malaria
- Meningitis
- Parasites
- Pneumonia
- Resistant, cancer-related or unusual infections
- Sexually transmitted diseases
- Staph infections including MRSA
- Surgical/post op infections
- Toxic shock syndrome
- Tuberculosis
- West Nile encephalitis
- Zika virus
Also
- Pre-travel evaluations and vaccinations; post-travel illness
- Hospital infection control
- Infusion therapy
- FDA-approved clinical trials
The wide use of effective antibiotics, immunization for many childhood illnesses and the eradication of some diseases such as polio may lead some to believe that infectious diseases are no longer a major public health threat. However, new diseases emerge and old diseases rebound, sometimes in drug-resistant forms. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), infectious diseases are the leading cause of death worldwide.
You can learn more about this specialty from the Infectious Diseases Society of America website.
Meet our Specialists
After receiving a referral from your primary care physician, our ID specialists will conduct testing and professionally diagnose conditions. Your ID specialist starts with 9 to 10 years of specialized education and training, and has passed a certification exam by the American Board of Internal Medicine in internal medicine and infectious diseases.
