HACEK Flashcards
True about HACEK except
- Normal biota of oral cavity
2.Faculatative anaerobic - Dysgonic
- Associated with subacute bacterial endocarditis
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they are capnophilic
haemophilus is not dysgonic
also known as foam loving bacteria in HACEK
aggregatibacter aphrophilus
aphros means
foam loving
has unique virulence factors such as collagenase and leukotoxin
aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans
true about aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans
- causes gum disease
- bipolar staining has morse code appearance
- pinpoint colonial appearance after 18 hrs
All are true
cardiobacterium hominis ferments what carbohydrates
sucrose
has bleach like odor with yellow colonies in 45% isolates
eikenella corrodens
2 colonial morp6of kingella dentrificans
smooth convex
spreading corroding type
colonize the upper respiratory tract specifically tonsils
kingella spp
beta hemolytic and has yellow brown pigment, usually seen in school aged childern and adult endocarditis
kingella kingae
capnoctyophaga spp that causes periodontitis
C. ochracae
C. gingivalis
C. sputigena
the only capnoctyophagaspp that cause endocarditis
c. canimorsus
drug of choice for c. canimorsus and c.cynodegmi
penicillin
the only beta hemolytic in capnoctyophaga spp
c. haemolytica
pasteurella spp that is associated with dogs
pasteurella canis