The HACEK organisms are a group of fastidious Gram-negative bacteria that are an unusual cause of infective endocarditis, which is an inflammation of...

Haemophilus parainfluenzae is a species of Haemophilus. It is one of the HACEK organisms. H. parainfluenzae is an opportunistic pathogen that has been associated...

Aggregatibacter aphrophilus is a species of bacteria. It is one of the HACEK organisms. Norskov-Lauritsen N, Kilian M. (2006). "Reclassification of Actinobacillus...

the culture media, for example Cutibacterium spp. and the HACEK bacteria group. Some organisms are said to be fastidious because they have demanding growth...

oropharynx is lined by non-keratinized squamous stratified epithelium. The HACEK organisms (Haemophilus, Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans, Cardiobacterium...

hominis was classified into the HACEK group because of its similar infectious profile to the rest of the HACEK organisms, such as genera groups, Haemophilus...

osteomyelitis"). It is one of the HACEK group of infections which are a cause of culture-negative endocarditis. In general, the HACEK organisms are responsible for...

organisms require special culture media to grow). These include the HACEK organisms, which are part of the normal oropharyngeal flora and are responsible...

Gregor Mendel – ground tissue – growth curve – Guthrie test habitat – HACEK organism – halobacteria – haploid – Hardy–Weinberg principle – heart – Hela cell...

Helminth organisms (also called helminths or intestinal worms) include: Boorom KF, Smith H, Nimri L, Viscogliosi E, Spanakos G, Parkar U, Li LH, Zhou...

oral microflora, and together with anaerobic or capnophilic organisms (HACEK group organisms) may cause endocarditis. Actinobacilli are susceptible to most...

classified as Pasteurella spp., and infections by organisms now called Mannheimia spp., as well as by organisms now called Pasteurella spp., were designated...

Escherichia that is commonly found in the lower intestine of warm-blooded organisms. Most E. coli strains are harmless, but some serotypes such as EPEC, and...

commercially available. Prevention is achieved by reducing exposure to the organisms that spread the disease. Treatment is with the antibiotic doxycycline...

however, there is a <80% sensitivity. PCR-based identification of the organisms is available, but none in the United States are FDA-cleared. Simple, rapid...

tissue sample confirms donovanosis. Donovan bodies are rod-shaped, oval organisms that can be seen in the cytoplasm of mononuclear phagocytes or histiocytes...

Aerocyanidine is active against Gram-positive organisms; Aerocavin is active against Gram-positive and Gram-negative organisms. It has been described as a cause of...

ingestion are possible modes of transmission. Exposure to aerosolized organisms and poor gardening hygiene may be important predisposing factors to L...

is named the Dienes line after its discoverer Louis Dienes. The micro-organism tests: Indole-negative and nitrate reductase-positive (no gas bubbles produced)...

inhalation of one organism will yield disease in 50% of the population. This is an extremely low infectious dose (only 1-10 organisms required), making...

Beubler E, et al. (December 2006). "Klebsiella oxytoca as a causative organism of antibiotic-associated hemorrhagic colitis". N. Engl. J. Med. 355 (23):...

infections are common, and animals often develop specific antibodies to the organism. Fever is moderate or very high, and tularemia bacilli can be isolated...

Haemophilus and Moraxella Infections Chapter 153: Infections Due to the HACEK Group and Miscellaneous Gram-Negative Bacteria Chapter 154: Legionella Infections...

of the HACEK group of fastidious Gram-negative bacteria that cause endocarditis. Routine laboratory tests may be normal because the organism is difficult...

deoxycholate, induces the SOS DNA damage response indicating that in this organism bile salts cause DNA damage. Bile salt exposure is found to increase GC...

phagocytic attack accompanied by the release of reactive oxygen species. All organisms encode genetic programs for response to stressful conditions including...

responsible for the Far East scarlet-like fever. It is a facultative anaerobic organism that can infect humans via the Oriental rat flea (Xenopsylla cheopis)....

lactose, and organisms such as BCC that do not ferment lactose turn the pH indicator yellow, which helps to distinguish it from other organisms that may grow...

ehrlichiosis. Some cases can present with purpura and in one such case, the organisms were present in such overwhelming numbers that in 1991, Dr. Aileen Marty...

humans. Combined clinical and PCR-based research has shown that other organisms can transmit Bartonella, including spiders. Cryptic Bartonella infection...