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Miriam K. Laufer

Miriam K. Laufer

Pediatric Infectious Diseases

University of Maryland Medical Center

About Me

Education

Fellowship:
Johns Hopkins Hospital (2004)

Residency:
Babies & Children's Hospital of New York (2000)

Medical Education:
University of Pennsylvania (1997)

Teaching:
University of Maryland

Academic Title

Professor of Pediatrics

Languages

English
Spanish
Lao
Hebrew

Conditions Treated

  • genital herpes, male
  • staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome
  • septic arthritis
  • rheumatic fever
  • recurrent infections
  • primary immunodeficiency
  • periodic fever syndromes
  • salivary gland disorders
  • kawasaki disease
  • erythema nodosum
  • erysipelas
  • facial nerve palsy and paresis
  • acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (aids)
  • human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)
  • infected hydrocele
  • joint infection
  • zika virus
  • yellow fever
  • fungemia
  • yaws
  • west nile virus
  • viral meningitis
  • viral encephalitis
  • venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis
  • varicella encephalitis
  • varicella
  • typhus fever
  • typhoid fever
  • tularemia
  • tuberculosis
  • trypanosomiasis
  • Trichomoniasis
  • trench fever
  • traveler's diarrhea
  • transplant related infection
  • parasitic meningitis
  • parasitic diseases
  • paragonimiasis
  • paracoccidioidomycosis
  • osteomyelitis
  • onchocerciasis
  • norovirus
  • neuroborreliosis
  • neonatal tetanus
  • neonatal herpes simplex
  • necrotizing soft tissue infections
  • necrobacillosis
  • mycosis
  • mycoplasma infection
  • mycobacterium avium complex
  • mycobacterial infection
  • mumps encephalitis
  • mumps
  • multisystemic disseminated toxoplasmosis
  • mucormycosis
  • miliary tuberculosis
  • methicillin susceptible staphylococcus aureus
  • methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus
  • metagonimiasis
  • meningococcal meningitis
  • meningitis
  • melioidosis
  • measles
  • malaria
  • lymphogranuloma venereum (lgv)
  • Lyme Disease
  • loiasis
  • listeriosis
  • Lice
  • leptospirosis
  • leprosy
  • leishmaniasis
  • japanese encephalitis
  • intraspinal abscess
  • influenza
  • infectious neuritis
  • infectious mononucleosis
  • infant botulism
  • humoral immune defect
  • human papilloma virus (hpv)
  • histoplasmosis
  • herpetic whitlow
  • herpes zoster encephalitis
  • herpes zoster
  • herpes meningitis
  • herpes encephalitis
  • herpes
  • herpangina
  • hepatitis e
  • hepatitis d
  • hepatitis c
  • hepatitis b
  • Hepatitis A
  • hepatitis
  • helminthiasis
  • hanta virus
  • hand foot mouth disease
  • haemophilus meningitis
  • haemophilus influenzae
  • transmissible spongiform encephalopathies
  • toxoplasmosis encephalitis
  • toxoplasmosis
  • toxocariasis
  • toxic shock syndrome
  • tick borne infections
  • tick borne encephalitis
  • tetanus
  • taiga encephalitis
  • syphilis
  • subacute bacterial endocarditis
  • streptococcal meningitis
  • streptococcal infections
  • stomatitis monilial
  • staphylococcal meningitis
  • staphylococcus infections
  • spotted fevers
  • sporotrichosis
  • splenic infection
  • spirochetal infection
  • smallpox
  • sexually transmitted disease (std)
  • severe acute respiratory syndrome
  • Sepsis
  • schistosomiasis
  • schistosoma japonicum infections
  • scarlet fever
  • scabies
  • sarcosporidiosis
  • salmonella infection
  • saint louis encephalitis
  • rubella
  • rotavirus
  • roseola
  • rocky mountain spotted fever (rmsf)
  • rhinosporidiosis
  • rhinoscleroma
  • relapsing fever
  • rat bite fever
  • rabies
  • q fever
  • pyelonephritis
  • pulmonary coccidioidomycosis
  • psorospermiasis
  • post infectious encephalitis
  • portal pyemia
  • poliomyelitis
  • Pneumonia
  • pneumocystis carinii
  • plague
  • pinta
  • pertussis
  • pasteurellosis
  • gonorrhea
  • gonococcal arthritis
  • gnathostomiasis
  • glanders
  • Giardiasis
  • gangrene
  • fungal meningitis
  • flukes
  • filariasis
  • fever of unknown origin
  • erysipelothrix infection
  • enteroviral meningitis
  • enterococcus infections
  • encephalitis
  • empyema
  • ehrlichiosis
  • e coli infections
  • echinococcus infections
  • ebola
  • eastern equine encephalitis
  • guinea worm disease (gwd)
  • diphtheria
  • dengue fever
  • Dacryoadenitis
  • cytomegaloviral pneumonia
  • cystosarcoma phyllodes
  • cutaneous candidiasis
  • cryptosporidiosis
  • cryptococcosis
  • cryptococcal meningitis
  • congenital syphilis
  • congenital hepatitis c
  • congenital hepatitis b
  • congenital cytomegalovirus
  • condyloma lata
  • coccidioidomycosis
  • clostridium difficile
  • chronic osteomyelitis
  • chlamydia
  • chagas disease
  • cerebral toxoplasmosis
  • cellulitis of the neck
  • cellulitis of the leg
  • cellulitis of the buttock
  • Cellulitis
  • cat scratch disease
  • candidiasis of lung
  • candidiasis
  • california encephalitis
  • brucellosis
  • boutonneuse fever
  • botulism
  • blackwater fever
  • bartonellosis diseases
  • bacterial meningitis
  • bacterial endocarditis
  • bacterial encephalitis
  • babesiosis infection
  • avian influenza
  • atypical mycobacteria infection
  • asymptomatic bacteriuria
  • aspergillosis infection
  • anthrax
  • anaerobic meningitis
  • amebiasis infection
  • acanthamoeba infection
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Procedures Performed

  • tuberculosis (tb) test
  • zika virus testing
  • yellow fever vaccination
  • typhoid fever vaccination
  • travel vaccination
  • mmr vaccine
  • meningitis vaccination
  • measles vaccination
  • japanese encephalitis vaccination
  • human papilloma virus (hpv) vaccination
  • hepatitis b vaccination
  • hepatitis a vaccination
  • rabies vaccination
  • polio vaccination
  • pneumonia vaccination
  • flu shot vaccination
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