Infectious Diseases
Our Infectious Diseases Department deals with the diagnosis and treatment of diseases caused by bacteria, viruses, or parasites, which can occur in any part of the body and some of which may be contagious. Thanks to advances in diagnostic methods and the use of new antimicrobial drugs, many infectious diseases can now be accurately diagnosed and treated.
Diseases Covered by Our Department
- Recommendations for controlling outbreaks caused by infectious pathogens
- Lifestyle counseling to reduce the risk of infection
- Vaccination guidance for adults and elderly patients against infectious diseases
- Investigation of fever caused by infectious or non-infectious conditions
- Chronic viral hepatitis (Hepatitis B, Hepatitis C)
- HIV/AIDS
- Extrapulmonary tuberculosis (involvement of abdominal organs, bones, joints, spine, and other organs)
- Brucellosis
- Diagnosis and treatment of infections following tick bites
- Gastroenteritis (intestinal infections, antibiotic-associated diarrhea)
- Communicable diseases affecting public health (measles, mumps, rubella, chickenpox)
- Prevention and management of pressure ulcers and related infections in elderly patients
- Influenza, COVID-19
- Lower respiratory tract infections (bronchitis and pneumonia), including lung infections in COPD patients
- Urinary tract infections
- Skin and soft tissue infections
- Osteomyelitis and spondylodiscitis (bone and joint infections, spinal infections causing back pain)
- Parasitic diseases (tapeworm, pinworm, etc.)
- Prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of sexually transmitted infections, including post-exposure management
- Fever of unknown origin (lasting more than one week)
- Meningitis
- Infections and fevers arising during cancer or rheumatologic treatment due to immunosuppression
- Monitoring and management of infection-related tests during pregnancy
- Diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of infections related to orthopedic prostheses
- Catheter-related urinary or vascular infections
- Infections in diabetic patients, including foot ulcers and associated infections
