Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Our team provides assessment, evaluation, diagnosis, treatment options and management of acute and chronic pediatric infections and vaccine-related care. 

We accept referrals for: 

• Complicated parasitic infections
• Complicated fungal infections
• Complicated HSV infections
• Recurrent MRSA infections
• Osteomyelitis/Septic arthritis
• Adverse events following immunization
• Delayed vaccinations
• Children with comorbidities requiring expanded vaccination regimes
• Tuberculosis;
  • Children with symptoms or diagnostic results concerning for active or latent TB infection
  • Children with positive tuberculin skin tests
  • Children with close TB contact

Please note that our team does not have any particular expertise in the care of fatigue, malaise or other ill-defined symptoms believed to be the result of prior infections (eg. post-EBV, post-Lyme). These should be referred to the appropriate specialist based on the symptoms of concern (eg. general pediatrics, physiatry). We would also recommend that providers with patients suspected to have a non-infectious periodic fever syndrome refer those patients to Rheumatology.

• MRSA Decolonization patient handout 
• Active Tuberculosis Disease patient handout
• Latent Tuberculosis Infection patient handout
• Tuberculosis Information Sheet – Pediatric Infectious Diseases Clinic patient handout

Referrals must be made by a health care provider. Please select the appropriate referral form below: 

• Pediatric Infectious Diseases Clinic Referral Form
• Pediatric Tuberculosis Referral Form 
• Pediatric Special Immunization Clinic Form 

Please include the requested information listed in the referral form and fax to the clinic: 905-521-2654.

Urgent referrals: The clinics are not for emergencies. If your child needs to be seen on an urgent basis, please contact your family doctor or go to your local emergency department.

• Your child’s health card. The Ministry of Health and Long Term Care requires us to validate your health card at every clinic visit
• Your child’s immunization record 
• List of current medications 
• Any relevant test results or letters from your child’s doctor
• Any notes or questions you may have 

When you arrive, please check-in at the reception desk. The Business Clerk will register you in the electronic system so that your team will know that you have arrived.

Note: If your child is ill with any antibiotic resistant organism (such as MRSA or ESBL), a communicable disease (such as Chicken Pox), or a respiratory infection, please notify reception staff prior to your scheduled appointment. Our clinic number is (905) 521-2100 x 73861

Our interdisciplinary team includes physicians (infectious diseases specialists), nursing staff (registered nurse and nurse practitioner), and a pharmacist specialized in infectious diseases.