Dr. David Owen Beenhouwer MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
11301 Wilshire Blvd Division Of Infectio Los Angeles CA, 90073About
Dr. David Beenhouwer is an infectious disease specialist practicing in Los Angeles, CA. Dr. Beenhouwer specializes in infections that are difficult to diagnose or unresponsive to treatments, such as HIV or airborne infections from a foreign country. Infectious disease specialists usually work with conditions that are not treatable by a primary physician but it is important to keep contact with the primary physician in order to receive information about the patients history and for deciding which diagnostic tests are appropriate.
Education and Training
Yale Univ Sch of Med, New Haven Ct 1990
Yale School of Medicine 1990
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM- Infectious Disease
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Both Th1 and Th2 cytokines affect the ability of monoclonal antibodies to protect mice against Cryptococcus neoformans.
- Immunoglobulin G monoclonal antibodies to Cryptococcus neoformans protect mice deficient in complement component C3.
- High affinity mimotope of the polysaccharide capsule of Cryptococcus neoformans identified from an evolutionary phage peptide library.
- Antibodies to keyhole limpet hemocyanin cross-react with an epitope on the polysaccharide capsule of Cryptococcus neoformans and other carbohydrates: implications for vaccine development.
- Granulomatous infectious diseases associated with tumor necrosis factor antagonists.
- Production of human monoclonal antibody in eggs of chimeric chickens.
- Tumor necrosis factor antagonists: different kinetics and/or mechanisms of action may explain differences in the risk for developing granulomatous infection.
- Human immunoglobulin G2 (IgG2) and IgG4, but not IgG1 or IgG3, protect mice against Cryptococcus neoformans infection.
- Role of complement in protection against Cryptococcus gattii infection.
- Staphylococcus aureus Panton-Valentine leukocidin contributes to inflammation and muscle tissue injury.
- Staphylococcus aureus Panton-Valentine leukocidin targets muscle tissues in a child with myositis and necrotizing fasciitis.
- Detection and quantification of Panton-Valentine leukocidin in Staphylococcus aureus cultures by ELISA and Western blotting: diethylpyrocarbonate inhibits binding of protein A to IgG.
- In vitro C3 deposition on Cryptococcus capsule occurs via multiple complement activation pathways.
- Separately or combined, LukG/LukH is functionally unique compared to other staphylococcal bicomponent leukotoxins.
- Increased Susceptibility of Humanized NSG Mice to Panton-Valentine Leukocidin and Staphylococcus aureus Skin Infection.
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