Infectious Diseases:

UCLA-Affiliated ID

ID Program Faculty

Affiliations:

Olive View

UCLA School of Medicine

Arthur C. Jeng, M.D.
Infectious Diseases Service, Olive View-UCLA Medical Center

Dept of Medicine, Rm. 2B-182
Olive View-UCLA Medical Center
14445 Olive View Drive
Sylmar, CA 91342
Phone: (818) 364-3205
Fax: (818) 364-4573
ajeng@ucsd.edu

Special Interests:
Skin/soft tissue infections, group A streptococci virulence factors, infection in the immuncompromised host, clinical antibiotic trials

Selected Publications:

• Aziz R, Pabst M, Jeng A, Nizet V, Kansal R, Kotb M. Comparative proteomic analysis of secreted proteins of Group A Streptococci shows differential expression of virulence factors. Submitted to Journal of Clinical Investigation, June 2003.
• Jeng A, Li Z, Sakota V, Datta V, Beall B, Nizet V. Molecular genetic analysis of a group A streptococcal operon encoding serum opacity factor and a novel fibronectin-binding protein, SfbX.  Journal of Bacteriology. 2003: 185(4): 1208-17.
• Kansal RG, Nizet V, Jeng A, and Kotb M. Modulation of superantigen induced responses by the streptococcal cysteine protease (SpeB). Journal of Infectious Diseases. 2003: 187(3): 398-407.
• Aziz RK, Pabst MJ, Jeng A, Kansal R, Low DE, Nizet V, and Kotb M. Invasive M1T1 group A Streptococcus undergoes a phase-shift in vivo to prevent proteolytic degradation of multiple virulence factors by SpeB. Mol Microbiol. 2004: 51(1):123-34.
• Jeng A, Chen J, and Katsivas T. Prosthetic valve endocarditis from Granulicatella adiacens (nutrionally variant streptococci). J Infect. 2005: 51(3):e125-9.
• Timmer AM, Kristian SA, Datta V, Jeng A, Gillen CM, Walker MJ, Beall B, Nizet V. Serum opacity factor promotes group A streptococcal epithelial cell invasion and virulence. Mol Microbiol. 2006: 62(1):15-25.
• Richman M and Jeng A. Intra-abdominal co-infection with Mycobacterium bovis and Actinomyces in an AIDS patient: the first reported case and review. J Infect. 2007: 55(4):e115-8.