8^th Pathology and Infectious Disease Conference

Pediatric & Childhood Infectious Diseases

Pediatric infectious diseases, also known as childhood infectious diseases are the infectious diseases that mainly are caused in children of different age groups. Pediatric infectious diseases specialist deals with the infections occurring in children and the treatment method fluctuates from children to adults. Common pediatric infections include Pneumonia- diagnosed in nearly 2% of infants < 1 year and in 4% of children aged 1 to 5 years. It is estimated that 90% of pediatric pneumonia are caused by viral agents. Other infections include Otitis Media which is caused in children who live with the adults who smoke.