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


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

Latest revision as of 03:18, 28 December 2022

Species