Andrew J. Daley is an infectious disease specialist based in Parkville, VIC, working from 50 Flemington Rd, Parkville, VIC, Australia. He looks after people who have infections that can be hard to pin down, or that need careful treatment because they are more serious than a simple bug you can “ride out”.
In many cases, his patients are dealing with things like pneumonia and other chest infections, including infections that affect the lining around the lungs (like empyema). At times, he also helps with infections linked to viruses such as flu and COVID-19, and with throat infections like strep throat.
Andrew also sees patients with skin and soft tissue infections, including cellulitis, boils, folliculitis, and periorbital cellulitis (infection around the eye). Some cases involve antibiotic resistant bacteria, including MRSA, where treatment choices need to be made with care.
He is involved in the care of patients with severe infections such as sepsis. This can include people with infections in the joints (septic arthritis) and infections around the ear (mastoiditis). He also helps with meningitis, including bacterial meningitis, pneumococcal meningitis, staphylococcal meningitis, and other bacterial causes of meningitis, where fast action matters.
For babies and young children, infectious disease care can look different. Andrew treats conditions that can happen in infants, including neonatal sepsis and infantile neutropenia related to infections. He also manages situations like infant hearing loss when it’s linked with past infection, and cytomegalic inclusion disease.
There are also less common, but important, infections and complications he may be involved with, such as haemolytic transfusion reactions, severe respiratory infections like SARS, and infections linked with strep group infections (Group A and Group B). In some cases, serious infections can spread quickly, so a clear plan and close follow-up are key.
Andrew focuses on practical, real-life decision making. That means looking at symptoms, test results, and how the infection is behaving, then choosing a treatment plan that fits the situation. He works with other health teams to support people through recovery, especially when infections are complex or not improving as expected.
