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* Fastidious bacteria that can cause infective endocarditis (3% of native valve infections)
* Fastidious bacteria that can cause [[infective endocarditis]] (3% of native valve infections)
* Normal human oral flora
* Normal human [[oral flora]]


= Species =
= Species =


* [[Haemophilus parainfluenzae]] and, rarely, [[Haemophilus influenzae]]
* ''Haemophilus'' spp.
* [[Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans]] and [[Aggregatibacter aphrophilus]] (two most common causes within the HACEK group)
** ''H. parainfluenzae''
* [[Cardiobacterium hominis]]
** ''H. aphrophilus''
* [[Eikenella corrodens]]
** ''H. paraphrophilus''
* [[Kingella kingae]]
* ''Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans andaphrophilus''
* ''Cardiobacterium hominis''
* ''Eikenella corrodens''
* ''Kingella'' spp.


[[Category:Gram-negative bacilli]]
[[Category:Gram-negative bacilli]]
[[Category:Infectious diseases]]

Latest revision as of 03:18, 28 December 2022

Species