Fastidious Gram-negative facultative anaerobic bacillus
Commensal flora of human mouth, thus is important pathogen in to consider with an infected human bite or "fight bites"
Is one of the "HACEK" organisms that causes endocarditis
May also cause bacteremia/endocarditis in insulin or IV drug users who lick their needles
Typically causes indolent illness. Infected wounds can be extremely malodorous.
Treat with penicillins, cephalosporins, or tetracyclines. It is resistant to macrolides, clindamycin, and metronidazole. Susceptible to fluoroquinolones in vitro.
Eikenella
Chlamydophila
Cyclospora
Microsporidium
Brucella
Blastocystis species
Clitocybe
Cryptosporidium