IDline · Doctor-to-doctor teleconsultation · IDA pediatric infectious disease opinion, within reach.
Pediatricians, neonatologists and intensivists send a clinical query. A pediatric ID specialist replies with expert advice you can act on.
IDline is not an emergency service. Any acute instability (for example shock, respiratory distress, seizures or altered sensorium) needs immediate in-person care and stabilisation. IDline advice can take time, and should be read in the clinical context and the limitations of an online consultation.
What we advise on
Questions where a specialist opinion changes what you do next.
Antimicrobials and drug-resistant infections
Selecting, narrowing and stopping antibiotics and antifungals; multidrug-resistant organisms and device-associated infections in the PICU and NICU.
Prolonged and unexplained fever
A structured work-up for fever without a focus and fever of unknown origin.
Tuberculosis and HIV
TB diagnosis, drug-resistant disease and regimens; HIV-exposed infants, antiretroviral therapy and opportunistic infections.
Congenital and neonatal infections
Evaluation and treatment of the exposed or infected newborn.
Infections in immunocompromised children
Oncology, transplant, primary immunodeficiency and steroid-treated patients.
Vaccination and travel medicine
Catch-up and special-situation schedules, vaccination in immunocompromised patients, and pre-travel advice and prophylaxis.
Hospital programs
Beyond individual consults, we help hospitals plan and build:
Antimicrobial stewardship program (ASP)
Planning and setting up a stewardship program for your hospital or unit.
Infection prevention and control (IPAC) program
Planning and setting up a hospital IPAC program.
For assistance, contact [CONTACT EMAIL].
How it works
Send your query
Fill in the consult form with your question, a clinical summary and the reports. Send de-identified information only: no name, address or hospital number.
We review
The specialist reads everything you sent and comes back to you if something essential is missing.
Expert advice
You receive the specialist's advice by email within [TURNAROUND TIME], with a Google Meet video call if you ask for one.
You stay in charge
You remain the treating doctor and make the decisions. You can ask for one follow-up on the same query within [FOLLOW-UP WINDOW].
What to send
The question you want answered, and a short clinical summary.
Clinical
- Clinical presentation and working diagnosis
- Current management, including antimicrobials given so far with doses and dates
Laboratory
- Culture and sensitivity reports
- Blood counts, inflammatory markers and other relevant labs
Imaging
- Imaging reports
Specialists
- MD Pediatrics (PGIMER)
- Postdoctoral Fellowship in Pediatric Infectious Diseases (CMC Vellore)
- Fellowship in Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Transplant Infections (SickKids, Toronto)
Hours and response time
We will give notice here before any fee is introduced.
Requests on a weekend or public holiday are answered from the next working day.
IDline notes
Reading on infections and practical management tools, written for practising doctors.
Notes are general reading for doctors, not advice on an individual patient.
Get a consult
For registered medical practitioners.
De-identified information only. Do not include names, address or hospital number, and mask them on any report you attach.
Parents and families: please ask the treating doctor to contact us.
Request received
Thank you. Your reference number is IDL-. Please note it down and quote it in any follow-up.
We will reply by email from contact@idline.in within [TURNAROUND TIME]. If you do not see it, please check your spam folder. If the patient deteriorates in the meantime, do not wait for our reply.