RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Sen Yew, Haur A1 Chambers, Stephen T. A1 Roberts, Sally A. A1 Holland, David J. A1 Julian, Kylie A. A1 Raymond, Nigel J. A1 Beardsley, Justin A1 Read, Kerry M. A1 Murdoch, David R.YR 2014 T1 Association between HACEK bacteraemia and endocarditis JF Journal of Medical Microbiology, VO 63 IS 6 SP 892 OP 895 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/jmm.0.070060-0 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1473-5644, AB 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)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/jmm/10.1099/jmm.0.070060-0