Dr. Benjamin Lee Portnoy MD
Infectious Disease Specialist | Infectious Disease
1200 Binz St Suite # 1020 Houston TX, 77004About
Specializing in infectious disease and internal medicine, Dr. Benjamin Portnoy, MD is one of the country's best ranked doctors. He currently practices medicine at Houston, Texas and Houston, Texas and ...
Education and Training
Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine 1970
Board Certification
Internal MedicineAmerican Board of Internal MedicineABIM
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Letter: Turista.
- Oyster-associated hepatitis: lessons from the Louisiana experience.
- Rat bite fever misdiagnosed as Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
- Rat bite fever misdiagnosed as Rocky Mountain spotted fever.
- A case of cholera in Texas, 1973.
- An outbreak of Bacillus cereus food poisoning resulting from contaminated vegetable sprouts.
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