Permanent pacemaker associated infective endocarditis caused by a member of the HACEK group of organisms: a case report

<p><br />The HACEK group of organisms have fastidious growth requirements and usually present as culture negative endocarditis. Probable Aggregatibacter aphrophilus has been isolated in a routine microbiology laboratory in a patient with a permanent pacemaker with echocardiographic featu...

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Main Authors: G Lakshy, SK Jayatilleke, SRP Kottegoda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sri Lankan Society for Microbiology 2018-05-01
Series:Sri Lankan Journal of Infectious Diseases
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Online Access:https://sljid.sljol.info/articles/8143