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= HACEK group =

* 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'' spp.
* ''Haemophilus'' spp.
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* ''Eikenella corrodens''
* ''Eikenella corrodens''
* ''Kingella'' spp.
* ''Kingella'' spp.

[[Category:Gram-negative bacilli]]

Revision as of 03:29, 15 August 2019

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

Species

  • Haemophilus spp.
    • H. parainfluenzae
    • H. aphrophilus
    • H. paraphrophilus
  • Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans andaphrophilus
  • Cardiobacterium hominis
  • Eikenella corrodens
  • Kingella spp.