RT Book, Section
A1 Barlam, Tamar F.
A1 Kasper, Dennis L.
A2 Kasper, Dennis L.
A2 Fauci, Anthony S.
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ID 1141408204
T1 INFECTIONS DUE TO THE HACEK GROUP AND MISCELLANEOUs GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA
T2 Harrison's Infectious Diseases, 3e
YR 2017
FD 2017
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259835971
LK accessbiomedicalscience.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1141408204
RD 2024/04/20
AB HACEK  organisms  are  a  group  of  fastidious,  slow-growing,  gram-negative  bacteria  whose  growth  requires  an  atmosphere  of  carbon  dioxide.  Species  belonging  to  this  group  include  several  Haemophilus  species,  Aggregatibacter  (formerly  Actinobacillus)  species,  Cardiobacterium  hominis,  Eikenella  corrodens,  and  Kingella  kingae.  HACEK  bacteria  normally  reside  in  the  oral  cavity  and  have  been  associated  with  local  infections  in  the  mouth.  They  are  also  known  to  cause  severe  systemic  infections—most  often  bacterial  endocarditis,  which  can  develop  on  either  native  or  prosthetic  valves  (Chap.  20).