Infectious disease deals with the diagnosis and treatment of communicable diseases of all types, in all organs, and in all ages of patients. The specialty requires an understanding of the microbiology, prevention, and management of disorders caused by viral, bacterial, fungal, and parasitic infections, including the appropriate use of antimicrobial agents, vaccines, and other immunobiological agents; the environmental, occupational, and host factors that predispose to infection; and the basic principles of epidemiology and transmission of infection. The emergence of drug-resistant bacteria and the AIDS epidemic have significantly affected this specialty.
Physicians in this specialty use pervious patient case studies to provide treatment. A patient is assessed by the physician through blood tests, X-rays, a look at previous medical records, and other lab tests to gather information. Infectious diseases cause the most deaths in third world countries.
These diseases are also in the top five list of killers in the wealthiest of places. Infectious diseases remain present and have not been cured, so the specialization is in demand for those to help defeat the diseases.
Median Salary: $200,986 per year
Projected Growth: 18% from 2014-2024
Vincennes, IN 4759109/30/2025
Physician | Infectious Diseases | Permanent
Neptune City, NJ 0775309/30/2025
Physician | Infectious Diseases | Permanent
Harrisburg, PA 09/30/2025
Physician | Infectious Diseases | Permanent
Northwest, IN 09/30/2025
Physician | Infectious Diseases | Permanent
Lowell, MA 0185409/30/2025
Physician | Infectious Diseases | Permanent
Neptune, NJ 0775309/30/2025
Physician | Infectious Disease | Permanent
Huntington, WV 09/30/2025
Physician | Infectious Diseases | Permanent
Huntington, WV 09/30/2025
Physician | Infectious Diseases | Permanent
Wausau, WI 5440109/30/2025
Physician | Infectious Diseases | Permanent
East Lansing, MI 4882409/30/2025
Physician | Infectious Diseases | Permanent
Provo, UT 8460409/30/2025
Physician | Infectious Diseases | Permanent
Atlanta, GA 3092609/30/2025
Physician | Infectious Diseases | Permanent
Asheville, NC 09/30/2025
Physician | Infectious Diseases | Permanent
Detroit, MI 4820209/30/2025
Physician | Infectious Diseases | Permanent
Redstone Arsenal, AL 3589809/30/2025
Physician | Infectious Diseases | Permanent
Cleveland, OH 4410609/30/2025
Physician | Infectious Disease | Permanent
Tuscaloosa, AL 3540109/30/2025
Physician | Infectious Disease | Permanent
Philadelphia, PA 1960209/30/2025
Physician | Infectious Disease | Permanent
Brooksville, FL 09/29/2025
Physician | Infectious Diseases | Permanent
Detroit, MI 48236-214809/29/2025
Physician | Infectious Diseases | Permanent
Bremerton, WA 9831009/29/2025
Physician | Infectious Diseases | Permanent