Victoria J. Brookes is an Infectious Disease Specialist based at Pugsley Place in Wagga Wagga, NSW. She works with patients who are dealing with infections that can be tricky, spread through close contact, or cause symptoms that don’t always settle quickly.
In practice, her care covers a broad range of infectious conditions. This can include infections linked to diarrhoea, gut problems, and parasites such as helminthiasis. She also looks after people with skin infections like scabies and impetigo, as well as illnesses caused by bacteria such as streptococcal Group A infection and tetanus. At times, she may be involved in cases where the infection affects the brain or nervous system, like encephalitis.
In many cases, infectious disease care is about more than just treating the bug. It’s also about checking what’s safe to do next—especially when symptoms are still unclear, when there are ongoing fevers, or when infections need careful management to stop complications. Some conditions she sees can affect reproductive health too, including endometritis and pelvic inflammatory disease, and there are situations involving antenatal infection concerns such as parvovirus infection during pregnancy.
She also deals with infections that come from animals or are linked to specific parasites, such as rabies, echinococcosis, and hydatidosis. These cases can feel scary and urgent. Over time, the goal is steady, practical support: confirming what’s going on, choosing the right treatment pathway, and helping patients understand what to watch for at home.
When it comes to experience, her work is built around everyday clinical care for infectious diseases, from first presentations through to follow up when treatment takes time. The details of training and education aren’t listed here, but the focus remains on good infectious disease practice, careful assessment, and staying current with standard treatment approaches used in Australia.
If clinical trials or research involvement is relevant, public details weren’t provided in this profile. Still, the day-to-day focus is on safe, evidence-based care and making sure patients receive the right plan for their situation, not a one-size-fits-all approach.
