Programs & Services
Infectious Disease Clinic
Mercy Infectious Disease Clinic offers a wide range of services, including specialized care for infections of the skin, soft tissues, bones, brain, spinal cord and pneumonia. The clinic also offers specialized care for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and hepatitis B and C infections.
The clinic offers overseas travelers advice on immunizations they may need in advance of their trip.
The Mercy Infectious Disease Clinic offers inpatient and outpatient consultations at Mercy Medical Center-Sioux City and St. Luke’s Regional Medical Center on a 24-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week basis.
Physicians:
Dr. Bertha Ayi, Associate Medical Director
Dr. Daniel Lamptey
Clinic hours:
Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.
Phone: 712-279-2550
Toll free: 877-830-6027
Fax: 712-279-2554
After hours: 712-279-2010
Click here to send an email to the clinic.
Physician Resources
Merck Medicus
www.merckmedicus.com
Free access to Harrison's Textbooks Online. Just register with your DEA number.
Up to Date
www.uptodate.com
This highly respected medical resource requires registration but is accessible at any computer in the hospital.
New England Journal of Medicine
www.nejm.org
Clinical Infectious Diseases Journal
www.journals.uchicago.edu/CID
Journal of Infectious Diseases
www.journals.uchicago.edu/JID
PubMed
www.pubmed.gov
A service of the National Library of Medicine, includes over 15 million citations from MEDLINE and additional life science journals.
Infectious Disease Society of America Guidelines
www.journals.uchicago.edu/IDSA/guidelines
National Institutes of Health HIV website
www.aidsinfo.nih.gov
American Board of Internal Medicine
www.abim.org
Infectious Disease Society of America
www.idsociety.org
Center for Disease Control parasitology website
www.dpd.cdc.gov/dpdx
American College of Physicians
www.acponline.org
Free training and CME in hepatitis C
www.clevelandclinicmeded.com/hcv
Free antibiotic guide from Johns Hopkins University
www.hopkins-abxguide.org
Emerging Infectious Diseases Journal
www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
www.cdc.gov/mmwr
CDC website for travel health advisory, immunization schedules and more
www.cdc.gov/travel
National Immunization Program
www.cdc.gov/nip
Emergency Preparedness & Response
www.bt.cdc.gov
Patient Resources
www.cdc.gov/travel
Free travel information. Check this website for travel requirements prior to visiting our center and make a list of questions to ask.
www.cdc.gov/nip/publications/Parents-Guide
Parents guide to childhood immunizations
www.cdc.gov/nip
National Immunization Program