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The Division of Infectious Diseases at Children's Hospital Boston provides consultative care for children and adolescents with all types of infections including acute community-acquired illnesses such as pneumonia or meningitis, chronic and recurrent infections, HIV/AIDS, infections associated with international travel, post-surgical infections, and infections in immunosuppressed patients.
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The Division of Infectious Diseases provides comprehensive inpatient and outpatient services, including:
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- Consultations for unusual infections
- Evaluation of patients with recurrent infections or fevers of unknown origin
- Management of antibiotic treatment failures
- Long-term management of immune deficiency diseases
- Management of infections in surgical, intensive care, and immunosuppressed patients
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Boosting newborns' immune responses Researchers at Children's may have found a way to boost newborns' immature immune systems, possibly making infections like RSV, pneumococcus and rotavirus much less of a threat.
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