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HACEK organism - Definition |
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A HACEK organism is one of a set of slow-growing Gram negative bacteria that form a normal part of the human flora. They are a frequent cause of inflammation of the inner layer of the heart, (endocarditis) in children.
The name is formed from their initials:
- Haemophilus aphrophilus and Haemophilus paraphrophilus
- Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans
- Cardiobacterium hominis
- Eikenella corrodens
- Kingella kingae
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