Infectious diseases
We provide treatment for conditions such as severe sepsis, severe pneumonia, febrile urinary tract infections, and erysipelas. Our expertise also includes treating meningitis, tuberculosis, heart valve infections, and infectious complications that arise after surgeries or treatments affecting the immune system.
We care for patients with infectious diseases who require isolation, such as those with acute diarrhoea, influenza, or antibiotic-resistant bacterial infections. Additionally, we treat patients infected by diseases contracted abroad.
At our Lund and Malmö clinics, we care for numerous patients governed by the Swedish Communicable Diseases Act. Our work includes contact tracing and counselling, extending to both healthcare settings and the wider community. Furthermore, our needle exchange programmes in Lund and Malmö aim to reduce the spread of infectious diseases.
Approximately 350 professionals currently work in our infectious diseases department.
Research
Research in infectious diseases is closely integrated with our healthcare activities. We aim to understand the mechanisms of infections through clinical insights and advanced laboratory methods.
Our research unit comprises nearly 30 doctoral-level physicians and maintains extensive collaborations with Lund University's experimental research teams. We focus on a broad range of topics, including:
- Sepsis and other serious bacterial infections
- HIV and tuberculosis in low-income countries
- Antibiotics and antibiotic resistance