Dr. Andrew P Steenhoff M.D.
Infectious Disease Specialist (Pediatric) | Pediatric Infectious Diseases
34th St. & Civic Center Blvd. Children's Hospital Philadelphia PA, 19104About
Dr. Andrew Steenhoff is a pediatric infectious disease specialist practicing in Philadelphia, PA. Dr. Steenhoff 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 The Witwatersrand, Faculty of Health Sciences,Parktown, South Africa 1994
University of the Witwatersrand Faculty of Health Sciences 1994
Board Certification
PediatricsAmerican Board of PediatricsABP- Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Provider Details
Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Two cases of hypocalcemia secondary to vitamin D deficiency in an urban HIV-positive pediatric population.
- Emergence of vaccine-related pneumococcal serotypes as a cause of bacteremia.
- Diagnosis and management of tuberculous meningitis in HIV-infected pediatric patients.
- Antibiotic use in pediatric patients admitted to a referral hospital in Botswana.
- Epidemiology of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia in Gaborone, Botswana.
- Ancillary testing in children with rotavirus gastroenteritis.
- Multiple oncogenic viruses identified in Ocular surface squamous neoplasia in HIV-1 patients.
- An epidemiologic review of enteropathogens in Gaborone, Botswana: shifting
- Picture of the month--quiz case. Ruptured hydatid lung cyst.
- Neurobehavioral effects in HIV-positive individuals receiving highly active
- Staphylococcus aureus skin and soft tissue infections at a tertiary hospital in Botswana.
- A cross-sectional study of HPV vaccine acceptability in Gaborone, Botswana.
- Cervical cancer awareness and screening in Botswana.
- Food allergy in Africa: myth or reality?
- Hospital-based surveillance for rotavirus gastroenteritis using molecular testing and immunoassay during the 2011 season in Botswana.
Treatments
- Fever
- Osteomyelitis
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