The division of pediatric infectious diseases offers inpatient and ambulatory consultation services for pediatricians caring for children with infectious diseases. Physicians treat children with complicated infections such as sepsis, meningitis, osteomeylitis, septic arthritis, cellulitis, abscesses, endocarditis, Kawasaki disease and infections with unusual pathogens. We play an active role in the management and care of children with compromised immune systems including children pre- and post-transplantation and children exposed to or infected with human immuno- deficiency virus (HIV). Other services include advice on antibiotic selection, infection control, immunizations, foreign travel precautions, assessment and evaluation of children with chronic or recurrent infections, fever of unknown origin, and treatment of patients with possible or proven tuberculosis.