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

Species

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+* Fastidious bacteria that can cause [[infective endocarditis]] (3% of native valve infections)
-= HACEK group =
+* Normal human [[oral flora]]
+= Species =
-* Fastidious bacteria that can cause infective endocarditis (3% of native valve infections)
-* Normal human oral flora
+* [[Haemophilus parainfluenzae]] and, rarely, [[Haemophilus influenzae]]
-== Species ==
+* [[Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans]] and [[Aggregatibacter aphrophilus]] (two most common causes within the HACEK group)
+* [[Cardiobacterium hominis]]
+* [[Eikenella corrodens]]
+* [[Kingella kingae]]
+[[Category:Gram-negative bacilli]]
-* ''Haemophilus'' spp.
+[[Category:Infectious diseases]]
-** ''H. parainfluenzae''
-** ''H. aphrophilus''
-** ''H. paraphrophilus''
-* ''Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans andaphrophilus''
-* ''Cardiobacterium hominis''
-* ''Eikenella corrodens''
-* ''Kingella'' spp.