Dr. George Stephen Kotchmar MD
Infectious Disease Specialist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Infectious Diseases
9 Medical Park Rd Suite 210 Columbia SC, 29203About
Dr. George Kotchmar is a pediatric infectious disease specialist practicing in Columbia, SC. Dr. Kotchmar 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.
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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Childhood fever education in a military population: is education enough?
- Promoting the careful use of antibiotics (C.A.USE): an educational campaign for health care providers and communities in South Carolina.
- Chronic osteomyelitis associated with cat-scratch disease.
- Laboratory survey of antibiotic nonsusceptibility among Streptococcus pneumoniae isolates in South Carolina, 1998 versus 2000.
- Statewide sentinel surveillance for antibiotic nonsusceptibility among streptococcus pneumoniae isolates in South Carolina, 2003-2004.
- Complete spectrum of the varicella congenital defects syndrome in 5-year-old child.
- Simplified urinary microscopy to detect significant bacteriuria.
- Zoster in infancy: failure to maintain virus latency following intrauterine infection.
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