Infectious Disease
Comprehensive Care for Infections
If you have an infection or immune deficiency, we’re here to help you find the answers—and care—you need. Using advanced knowledge of infectious conditions and the immune system, our fellowship-trained specialist provides accurate diagnoses and the right treatment to help you prevent, control or cure your illness.
Infections We Treat
Infectious diseases, which can be caused by bacteria, fungi, parasites or viruses, come in many forms and can be spread from person to person—and sometimes even from animal or insect to person. But not all infectious diseases are contagious. There are many steps you can take to avoid the spread of infectious diseases, such as proper handwashing, practicing safe sex and proactive vaccination. But even so, infectious diseases are sometimes unavoidable.
To diagnose your condition, your care team may use diagnostic tests like:
- Blood and urine tests
- Imaging tests
- Spinal taps
- Stool samples
- Throat swabs
Infectious disease physicians, working closely with other physicians including critical care physicians, surgeons, primary care physicians and more, care for infections in any part of the body and personalize treatment to each patient’s unique needs.
Our infectious disease physician treats conditions such as:
- Abscesses
- Cellulitis (bacterial skin infection)
- Clostridium difficile (C. diff)
- Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA)
- E. coli
- Encephalitis (brain infection)
- Endocarditis (an infection in the lining of the heart)
- Foodborne diseases
- Fungal infections
- Gonorrhea
- Hepatitis
- Herpes
- HIV/AIDS
- Influenza
- Intestinal parasites
- Lyme disease
- Malaria
- Measles
- Meningitis
- Mononucleosis
- MRSA infection
- Mumps
- Osteomyelitis (bone infection)
- Pertussis (whooping cough)
- Pneumonia
- Rocky Mountain spotted fever
- Salmonella
- Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)
- Sepsis
- Sexually transmitted diseases
- Shigella
- Staph infection
- Toxic shock syndrome
- Transplant-related infections
- Tropical diseases
- Tuberculosis
- Urinary tract infections
- West Nile Virus
- Whooping cough
- Yeast infections
Our Infectious Disease Services
At Owensboro Health, you’ll find infectious disease services including:
- Advanced diagnostic services to identify the cause of your infection
- Consultation for rare illnesses or infections
- HIV care, including PrEP treatment to prevent the spread of HIV
- Inpatient care for severe illnesses like meningitis, C. diff, pneumonia, sepsis and more
- Pre-travel vaccines, medicines and health education to help you prevent illness while abroad
- Medications, such as antibiotics, antivirals, antifungals and antiparasitics
- Outpatient care for chronic and acute infections
You don’t have to face the symptoms of infectious disease alone. You can rely on us for compassionate and high-quality care, no matter your condition, so you can feel better and get back to the life you love. To learn more about our infectious disease medicine services, please call 270-417-7850.
