title: Association between HACEK bacteraemia and endocarditis.
abstract: We retrospectively examined medical records of 87 patients with bacteraemia caused by members of the HACEK group (Haemophilus parainfluenzae, Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans, Aggregatibacter aphrophilus, Aggregatibacter paraphrophilus, Cardiobacterium spp., Eikenella corrodens and Kingella spp.) to determine whether endocarditis was present, as defined by the Duke criteria. The overall positive predictive value (PPV) of HACEK bacteraemia for endocarditis was 60 %. The PPV varied with different HACEK species from 0 % (E. corrodens) to 100 % (A. actinomycetemcomitans).
authors.affiliation: Christchurch Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Haur
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sen Yew
authors.affiliation: University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand.|Christchurch Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Stephen T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Chambers
authors.affiliation: Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Sally A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Roberts
authors.affiliation: Middlemore Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand.
authors.forename: David J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Holland
authors.affiliation: Middlemore Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Kylie A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Julian
authors.affiliation: Wellington Hospital, Wellington, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Nigel J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Raymond
authors.affiliation: Wellington Hospital, Wellington, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Justin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Beardsley
authors.affiliation: North Shore Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Kerry M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Read
authors.affiliation: University of Otago, Christchurch, New Zealand.|Christchurch Hospital, Christchurch, New Zealand.
authors.forename: David R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Murdoch
mesh_terms: D016470:Bacteremia / Q000382:microbiology*; D004697:Endocarditis, Bacterial / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D006092:Gram-Negative Facultatively Anaerobic Rods / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D006801:Humans; D009520:New Zealand / Q000453:epidemiology