HACEK Organisms

All HACEK organisms are oxidase positive EXCEPT

Actinobacillus

Associated with endocarditis

H. aphrophilus
Actinobacillus
Cardiobacterium hominis

Pits agar

Eikenella corrodens
Kingella

Pits agar, bleach odor

Eikenella corrodens

Fight bite" --> clenched fist

Eikenella corrodens

Joint damage

Kingella

Periofontitis

Actinobacillus