Virology and Microbiology

Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Infection is the capture of an organism's body tissues by disease causing agents and the reaction of host tissues to these organisms and the toxins they produce. In childhood viral infections are rarely fatal, and are almost never serious. Infectious diseases in infants are caused by infectious agents like viruses, bacteria, nematodes, arthropods such as ticks, fungi like ringworm, and other macro parasites. Specific medications are used to treat Pediatric infections like antibiotics, antivirals, antifungals, antiprotozoal, and anthelminthic.