Infective endocarditis (IE) is a severe disease that is still associated with high mortality despite recent advances in diagnosis and treatment. HACEK organisms ( Haemophilus spp., Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans , Cardiobacterium hominis , Eikenella corrodens , and Kingella kingae ) are gram-...
Infective Endocarditis Caused by Fastidious Oro-Pharyngeal HACEK Micro-Organisms Many species of micro-organisms have been implicated as causative agents in infective endocarditis (IE). Streptococci and staphylococci are recognized as t... MH Goldberg,J Katz - 《Journal of Medical Ethics》 被引量: ...
Positive blood cultures for any of the HACEK organisms in the setting of no definite focus of infection is highly suggestive of HE. In such cases, treatment with ceftriaxone or a fluoroquinolone, even without obtaining antibiotic susceptibilities, should be initiated. Moreover, the decision to ...
by a group of experts not affiliated with the working group.Sufficient evidence has been published that recommendations regarding treatment of the most common microbiological causes of endocarditis (viridans streptococci, enterococci, Streptococcus bovis, staphylococci, and the HACEK organisms) are justified...
Antibiotic treatment of adults with infective endocarditis due to streptococci, enterococci, staph- ylococci, and HACEK organisms. JAMA 1995; 274:1706 - 13.Wilson WR, Karchmer AW, Dajani AS, et al. Antibiotic treatment of adults with infective endocarditis due to streptococci, enterococci, ...
The clinical features, predisposing factors and treatment of the patients are briefly described. The microscopic and cultural characteristics of the organisms are described together with the laboratory methods of diagnosis. Major findings: HACEK endocarditis was frequently associated with prosthetic heart ...
status of the HACEK group, the types of infections and clinical specimens that may yield such organisms on culture, the phenotypic characteristics that are useful for species identification, and the susceptibility of these organisms to antimicrobial agents used for the treatment of HACEK group ...
Determi- nation of antimicrobial activity of 29 clinically important compounds tested against fastidious HACEK organisms. Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 1999:34:73-6.Kugler KC, Biedenbach DJ, Jones RN. Determination of the antimicrobial activity of 29 clinically important compounds tested against fastidious...