Dr. Louis M Bell M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Infectious Diseases
34th & Civic Center Blvd Children's Hospital Philadelphia PA, 19104Rating
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About
Dr. Louis Bell is a pediatric infectious disease specialist practicing in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Bell 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
University of Maryland School of Medicine 1981
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP- Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Appropriate use of antibiotics for common infections in an era of increasing resistance.
- Central venous catheter-associated bloodstream infections in pediatric oncology home care.
- Infectious diseases.
- Low risk of bacteremia in children with febrile seizures.
- An outbreak of Serratia marcescens bacteremia after general anesthesia.
- Risk of bacteremia in young children with pneumonia treated as outpatients.
- Tick-borne illnesses in the United States.
- Risk factors for and outcomes of bloodstream infection caused by extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella species in children.
- Postoperative mediastinitis in children: epidemiology, microbiology and risk factors for Gram-negative pathogens.
- Suppurative intracranial complications of sinusitis in previously healthy children.
- The new clinical practice guidelines for acute otitis media: an editorial.
- Staphylococcus aureus as a risk factor for bloodstream infection in children with postoperative mediastinitis.
- Bloodstream infections after median sternotomy at a children's hospital.
- Polymicrobial bloodstream infections among children and adolescents with central
- Media coverage of the measles-mumps-rubella vaccine and autism controversy and its relationship to MMR immunization rates in the United States.
Treatments
- Asthma
- Fever
- Bronchitis
- Pneumonia
- Pain
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