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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)
+* Fastidious bacteria that can cause [[infective endocarditis]] (3% of native valve infections)
-* Normal human oral flora
+* Normal human [[oral flora]]
 = Species =
-* [[Haemophilus]]
+* [[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]]
 [[Category:Gram-negative bacilli]]