Pediatric infectious disease medicine is the science and treatment of infectious disease in infants, children and adolescents. A pediatric infectious disease physician is a pediatrician who deals with infectious diseases of all types in children, including respiratory infections, HIV, parasitic infections, and some allergies. This specialist deals with infectious and communicable diseases caused by viruses, bacteria, or parasites. In some cases, the physician may use preventive medicine; in other cases, antibiotics may be prescribed for the young patient.
Doctor density varies by specialty and location. The United States has 837 practicing pediatric infectious disease medicine doctors. Broken out by state, pediatric infectious disease medicine doctor density in Alabama is 18, in Arizona is 8, in Arkansas is 5, in California is 119, in Colorado is 16, in Connecticut is 16, in Delaware is 4, in District of Columbia is 24, in Florida is 49, in Georgia is 32, in Hawaii is 4, in Idaho is 1, in Illinois is 36, in Indiana is 8, in Iowa is 1, in Kansas is 3, in Kentucky is 10, in Louisiana is 18, in Maine is 4, in Maryland is 42, in Massachusetts is 57, in Michigan is 24, in Minnesota is 20, in Mississippi is 5, in Missouri is 26, in Montana is 1, in Nebraska is 4, in Nevada is 4, in New Hampshire is 2, in New Jersey is 34, in New Mexico is 5, in New York is 101, in North Carolina is 28, in North Dakota is 1, in Ohio is 37, in Oklahoma is 8, in Oregon is 10, in Pennsylvania is 38, in Rhode Island is 5, in South Carolina is 8, in South Dakota is 1, in Tennessee is 38, in Texas is 86, in Utah is 4, in Vermont is 2, in Virginia is 19, in Washington is 22, in West Virginia is 4, in Wisconsin is 10, and in Wyoming is 1.
We comply with the HONcode standard for trustworthy health information. Verify here.