Dr. Robert John Leggiadro M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Infectious Diseases
234 E 149th St Room 420 Bronx NY, 10451About
Dr. Robert Leggiadro is a pediatric infectious disease specialist practicing in Bronx, NY. Dr. Leggiadro specializes in recurring or persistent diseases caused by bacteria, parasites or fungus in infants, children and adolescents. Pediatric infectious disease specialists also provide consultation to other health care professionals dealing with complex cases.
Education and Training
Suny-Hlth Sci Ctr At Brooklyn, Coll of Med, Brooklyn Ny 1976
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP- Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- The threat of biological terrorism: a public health and infection control reality.
- Penicillin-nonsusceptible Pneumococcus.
- Expressed breast milk as a source of neonatal sepsis.
- Systemic meningococcal infection and complement deficiency.
- The decline of Haemophilus disease.
- Characterization of a novel rapidly growing Mycobacterium species associated with sepsis.
- Cephalosporin treatment failure in penicillin- and cephalosporin-resistant Streptococcus pneumoniae meningitis.
- Mucor peritonitis associated with acute peritoneal dialysis.
- Bioterrorism: a clinical reality.
- Risk factors for pediatric asthma in the South Bronx.
- Index of suspicion.
- Community-associated methicillin-resistant staphylococcal infection in an inner city hospital pediatric inpatient population.
- Another reminder of our post - 9/11 world.
- Prevalence of histoplasmosis in a midsouthern population.
- A common symptom of an uncommon disease.
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