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
Bakersfield, CA 93301-228406/18/2025
Physician | Infectious Diseases | Permanent
Temple, TX 7650206/18/2025
Physician | Infectious Diseases | Permanent
New Orleans, LA 7012106/18/2025
Physician | Infectious Disease | Permanent
Charlottesville, VA 2291106/18/2025
Physician | Infectious Disease | Permanent
Findlay, OH 4584006/18/2025
Physician | Infectious Diseases | Permanent
Parkersburg, WV 2610106/18/2025
Physician | Infectious Diseases | Permanent
Northampton, MA 0106006/18/2025
Physician | Infectious Diseases | Permanent
Kansas City, MO 6410806/18/2025
Physician | Infectious Disease | Permanent
Saginaw, MI 4860206/18/2025
Physician | Infectious Diseases | Permanent
Kansas City, MO 6410806/18/2025
Physician | Infectious Diseases | Permanent
Murrells Inlet, SC 2957606/18/2025
Physician | Infectious Diseases | Permanent
Neenah, WI 5495606/18/2025
Physician | Infectious Diseases | Permanent
Sylvania, OH 4356006/18/2025
Physician | Infectious Diseases | Permanent
Dayton, OH 4540906/18/2025
Physician | Infectious Diseases | Permanent
Tucson, AZ 8571906/18/2025
Nurse Practitioner | Infectious Diseases | Permanent
Asheville, NC 06/18/2025
Physician | Infectious Diseases | Permanent
Lake Success, NY 06/18/2025
Physician | Infectious Diseases | Permanent
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 06/17/2025
Nurse Practitioner | Infectious Diseases | Permanent
Fort Worth, TX 7611106/17/2025
Nurse Practitioner | Infectious Diseases | Permanent
Dayton, OH 4540406/17/2025
Physician | Infectious Disease | Permanent