That is the specialty that deals with infectious and contagious diseases caused by agents such as viruses, bacteria, fungi or protozoa. Hospital 9 de Julho has a team of specialized infectious disease doctors to treat patients with the most diverse types of pathologies, including tropical diseases such as malaria and yellow fever to tuberculosis, AIDS and viral hepatitis, among others.
"In addition to clinical infectologists, that is, those who treat patients, there are professionals in this specialty who are part of the hospital infection control committee, which are mandatory in hospitals", says infectologist Gabriel Trova Cuba, infectologist at Hospital 9 de Julho. The institution has all the infrastructure and technology to perform diagnostic tests, clinical and hospital care for patients, with specialization in cases of High Complexity.
