HACEK group

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HACEK group

  • 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.