Healthcare contact is an emerging risk factor for non-HACEK Gram-negative endocarditis. Injection drug use is a relatively infrequent cause of endocarditis in this group of patients in more ...

These organisms can cause “culture negative endocarditis” meaning infection of the endocardium with vegetation formation despite blood cultures not showing evidence of bacteremia. The above ...

This article illustrates that, although epidemiology and management of HACEK group endocarditis has remained relatively unchanged over time, fundamental changes are needed in our understanding of ...