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. 2016 Apr 11;44:395–439. doi: 10.1007/s15010-016-0885-z

Table 8.

ABS process indicators

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TEE transesophageal echocardiograph

aHACEK organisms are a group of Gram-negative pathogens that share an enhanced capacity to produce endocardial infections: Haemophilus species (H. parainfluenzae, H. aphrophilus, H. paraphrophilus), Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans, Cardiobacterium hominis, Eikenella corrodens, and Kingella species