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Treatment: HACEK Group Infections

  • Table 89-1 lists antibiotic regimens used to treat endocarditis and other serious infections caused by HACEK organisms.
  • Native-valve endocarditis should be treated for 4 weeks and prosthetic-valve endocarditis for 6 weeks.
  • Unlike prosthetic-valve endocarditis caused by other gram-negative organisms, that due to HACEK bacteria can often be cured with antibiotics alone (i.e., without surgery).

For a more detailed discussion, see Murphy TF: Haemophilus and Moraxella Infections, Chap. 182, p. 1010; Barlam TF, Kasper DL: Infections Due to the HACEK Group and Miscellaneous Gram-Negative Bacteria, Chap. 183e; Top KA, Halperin SA: Pertussis and Other Bordetella Infections, Chap. 185, p. 1021, in HPIM-19.

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Section 7. Infectious Diseases