Multiple choice

HACEK group includes all, except

  1. hemophilus aprophillus

  2. acinetobacter baumanni

  3. eikenella corrodens

  4. cardiobacterium hominis
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Explanation

The HACEK group of fastidious gram-negative bacteria includes Haemophilus aphrophilus (now Aggregatibacter aphrophilus), Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans, Cardiobacterium hominis, Eikenella corrodens, and Kingella kingae. Acinetobacter baumannii is not part of HACEK - it's a non-fermenting gram-negative bacillus with different characteristics.

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