Infectious Diseases Services

Preventing, Diagnosing and Treating Infectious Diseases Caused by Pathogens

Infectious diseases can be caused by many pathogens, including bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites that may cause illness and disease. For humans, transmission of pathogens may occur in a variety of ways: spread from person-to-person by direct contact, water or foodborne illness or aerosolization of infected particles in the environment and through insects and ticks.

Treatments


  • Animal and Human Bites
  • Antifungals
  • Anti-parasitics
  • Antivirals
  • Biopsies
  • Bone and Joint infections
  • Cellulitis
  • Clostridium Difficile Colitis
  • CMV disease
  • Endocarditis
  • Fever of Unknown Origin
  • Imaging Scans
  • Infected pressure ulcers/osteomyelitis
  • Infection with Tuberculosis
  • Lyme Disease
  • Parasitic infestations and travel related infections
  • Pneumonias
  • Positive PPD skin test
  • Post-operative infections
  • Soft tissue infections
  • Tick Borne Illnesses

  • Tuberculosis

Locations

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Ground Floor

325 N. State of Franklin Road, Johnson City, TN, 37604

Providers

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Demetrio R. Macariola, M.D.

Dr. Macariola earned a Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology (magna cum laude) and a Doctor of Medicine from the Divine Word University in Tacloban, Leyte, Philippines. His medical training included: a rotating internship at the Medical Center Manila in Manila, Philippines; volunteer physician in the Rural Health Unit in Santa Rita, Samar, Philippines; pediatrics residency at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in Amarillo, TX (Chief Resident for one semester); and a fellowship in pediatric infectious disease at the Cincinnati Children's Hospital in Cincinnati, OH.

Why ETSU Health?


Our infectious disease specialists oversee clinical care and teaching at the ETSU Center of Excellence of HIV/AIDS Care, a Ryan White funded center. Our facility provides top quality services to all of East Tennessee. We are also involved in the full spectrum of research to better understand the risk factors associated with — and develop treatments for — fungal, bacterial, and viral infections.
Our specialists have a broad range of research interests, including molecular pathogenesis, epidemiology, and clinical studies, with presentations in all of these areas at national meetings and extramural funding for translational initiatives. Particular areas of interest include the immunopathogenesis of hepatitis C infection, molecular epidemiology, and the treatment of resistant organisms.
The Division of Infectious, Inflammatory and Immunologic Diseases is committed to excellence in teaching, clinical care, and scholarship.

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