Infectious Diseases

Seasonal Visitor Restrictions

Our primary goal at MUSC Children's Health is the safety of our patients, families, and care team members. Given the ongoing community spread of respiratory viral illness, we are instituting the following visitor restrictions at MUSC Shawn Jenkins Children’s Hospital & Pearl Tourville Women's Pavilion.

Up-To-Date Information

The Infectious Diseases program at MUSC Children’s Health performs consultations for diagnostic evaluations and management of children with known or suspected infectious diseases. Our physicians are board-certified in pediatrics and pediatric infectious diseases. We also offer a comprehensive pediatric HIV care program via a multidisciplinary team that includes a nurse case manager, a social work case manager, an educational psychologist, and a peer advocate.

Services We Offer

Evaluation and management of infections and concern for infection
Outpatient management of prolonged antibiotic treatments
Comprehensive HIV care
Pre and post solid organ transplant screening and evaluation

Conditions We Treat

Bone and joint infections
Cat-scratch disease
Chronic infections
Congenital Infections
Device-related infections (central nervous system shunts, central lines, tracheostomy tubes, implanted heart devices)
Emerging (new) infectious diseases
Hardware related infections (bone and joint hardware)
Hepatitis B and C
HIV
Infections in immuno-compromised patients
Infections in returned travelers (malaria, typhoid, parasitic infections)
Infective endocarditis (heart infection)
Lymphadenitis
MRSA & recurrent skin and soft tissue infections
Parasitic infections
Pre-transplant and post-transplantation evaluations
Prolonged and recurrent fevers (fevers of unknown origin)
Recurrent infections
Serious infections, including pneumonia, central nervous system infections (meningitis, encephalitis), sepsis and septic shock
Tuberculosis
Virus infections