Welcome to the Center of Infectious Disease Control
Our founding physician, Dr. David Smith, is a foremost infectious disease specialist and authority on the prevention, diagnosis, control and treatment of infectious diseases such as staphylococcal illnesses, aides, lyme disease, influenza (flu), swine influenza, hepatitis, mononucleosis and other emerging infectious diseases.
The Center provides specialized infectious disease preventative care and vaccinations for individuals, groups and international travelers in order to help prevent disease infections known in destination locations.
Located next to River Oaks Hospital off of Lakeland Drive in Ridgeland, the center provides specialized infectious disease diagnosis, treatment and care for infectious diseases on site. Every patient receives personal consultations and direct access to an infectious disease specialist.
In addition to treatment and care, the CIDE consults with hospitals, health care facilities and institutions regarding control procedures for infectious agents, policies and operations regarding infectious disease prevention, treatment and infectious disease control.
For more information regarding the Center, our services or to set up a consultation, please contact our center directly during business hours.
If you are a new or existing patient, please visit our patient page for instructions regarding what to bring with you and to download forms so that you can maximize the quality and time of your visit.
The Center of Infectious Disease Excellence strongly supports Health care Reform
which has been passed by the Obama Administration with gradual implementation.
we support this for several reasons:
1.Most importantly it is better for patients.they ...
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First---Thanks to everyone-individual travelers, churches, government,
businesses,colleges for making 2011 a most outstan ...
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The epidemic continue to stongly rage throughout the country. There are some
encouraging signs of decreasing frequency of these infections within hospitals due
to enhanced infection control measures in hospitals.For 2012.
1.Pregnant women especia ...
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This weeks Morbidity and Mortality Report describes the outbreak
of hemorrhagic gastroenteritis --from exposure to farm animals in display
barns at the North Carolina State Fair. This reinforces the danger of"Petting
Zoos" as a vehicle of transmi ...
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Hello to everyone--Our first post of 2012.Check out a New York Times article of
December 27,2011 by Mark Bittman.Over the past several years multiple food borne
illness outbreaks have occurred involving a wide variety of foods --for example,
pe ...
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A new study suggested that individuals experiencing an episode of shingles
were 3-4 times more likely to develop MS over the next several years. Another
reason to strongly consider obtaining Zostavax Dr Smith ...
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A huge new puzzling food borne epidemic involving of all things--cantaloupe.
We have seen Chicken pot pie and peanut related food epidemics in recent years.
Bean sprouts and different berries have also been informed in smaller outbreaks.
Listeria ...
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vaccine has an excellent track record as it is merely a more potent
version of the chicken pox vaccine used in millions of children. call us right away.
We hope to get more in very soon. Dr .Smith ...
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Business continues to be very brisk.The many different stories about travel risks
such as the resistant E.coli outbreak in Europe emphasize the importance of
education and risk minimimzation for foreign travel.The center is the only full service Tra ...
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The history of the recent severe tornado that struck Joplin Missouri on 5/22/11 is
well known. In the July 29,2011 MMWR--18 cases of a very unusual
severe skin infection -mucormycosis is described in Joplin residents. This
infection is usually s ...
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