Portals of Entry and Organisms Typically Involved Flashcards
If patient has Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pyogenes, or Clostridium tetani, how did it get into the body?
Skin via nicks, abrasions, punctures, areas of broken skin
If patient has herpes simplex (type 1), how did it get into the body?
skin via mucous membranes of the lips
If patient has Helminth worms, how did it get into the body?
burrow through the skin
If patient has viruses, rickettsias, protozoa (i.e., malaria, West nile virus), how did it get into the body?
skin via insect bites
If patient has Haemophilus aegypitus, Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, how did it get into the body?
skin via conjunctiva of the eye
if the patient has Salmonella, how did it get into the body?
through eating/drinking contaminated foods and fluids
via fomites (inanimate objects contaminated with the infectious organism)
if the patient has Shigella, how did it get into the body?
through eating/drinking contaminated foods and fluids
via fomites (inanimate objects contaminated with the infectious organism)
if the patient has Vibrio, how did it get into the body?
through eating/drinking contaminated foods and fluids
via fomites (inanimate objects contaminated with the infectious organism)
if the patient has Escherichia coli, how did it get into the body?
through eating/drinking contaminated foods and fluids
via fomites (inanimate objects contaminated with the infectious organism)
if the patient has poliovirus, how did it get into the body?
through eating/drinking contaminated foods and fluids
via fomites (inanimate objects contaminated with the infectious organism)
if the patient has hepatitis A, how did it get into the body?
through eating/drinking contaminated foods and fluids
via fomites (inanimate objects contaminated with the infectious organism)
if the patient has echovirus, how did it get into the body?
through eating/drinking contaminated foods and fluids
via fomites (inanimate objects contaminated with the infectious organism)
if the patient has rotavirus, how did it get into the body?
through eating/drinking contaminated foods and fluids
via fomites (inanimate objects contaminated with the infectious organism)
if the patient has enteric protozoans (Giardia lamblia, Entamoeba histolytica), how did it get into the body?
through eating/drinking contaminated foods and fluids
via fomites (inanimate objects contaminated with the infectious organism)
if patient has bacteria causing meningitis, how did it get into the body?
via inhalation of offending organism
if patient has influenza, how did it get into the body?
via inhalation of offending organism
if patient has measles, how did it get into the body?
via inhalation of offending organism
if patient has mumps, how did it get into the body?
via inhalation of offending organism
if patient has rubella, how did it get into the body?
via inhalation of offending organism
if patient has chickenpox, how did it get into the body?
via inhalation of offending organism
if patient has common cold, how did it get into the body?
via inhalation of offending organism
if patient has Streptococcus pneumoniae, how did it get into the body?
via inhalation of offending organism
if patient has Klebsiella, how did it get into the body?
via inhalation of offending organism
if patient has Mycoplasma, how did it get into the body?
via inhalation of offending organism
if patient has Cryptococcus, how did it get into the body?
via inhalation of offending organism
if patient has pneumocystis, how did it get into the body?
via inhalation of offending organism
if patient has Mycobacterium tuberculosis, how did it get into the body?
via inhalation of offending organism
if patient has histoplasma, how did it get into the body?
via inhalation of offending organism
if patient has HIV, how did it get into the body?
Enter through the skin/mucosa of penis, external genitalia, vagina/cervix, urethra; may enter through an unbroken surface or through a cut or abrasion
if patient has Trichomonas, how did it get into the body?
Enter through the skin/mucosa of penis, external genitalia, vagina/cervix, urethra; may enter through an unbroken surface or through a cut or abrasion
if patient has hepatits B, how did it get into the body?
Enter through the skin/mucosa of penis, external genitalia, vagina/cervix, urethra; may enter through an unbroken surface or through a cut or abrasion
if patient has syphilis, how did it get into the body?
Enter through the skin/mucosa of penis, external genitalia, vagina/cervix, urethra; may enter through an unbroken surface or through a cut or abrasion
if patient has Treponema pallidum, how did it get into the body?
Enter through the skin/mucosa of penis, external genitalia, vagina/cervix, urethra; may enter through an unbroken surface or through a cut or abrasion
if patient has Neisseria gonorrhoeae, how did it get into the body?
Enter through the skin/mucosa of penis, external genitalia, vagina/cervix, urethra; may enter through an unbroken surface or through a cut or abrasion
if patient has Chlamydia trachomatis, how did it get into the body?
Enter through the skin/mucosa of penis, external genitalia, vagina/cervix, urethra; may enter through an unbroken surface or through a cut or abrasion
if patient has herpes, how did it get into the body?
Enter through the skin/mucosa of penis, external genitalia, vagina/cervix, urethra; may enter through an unbroken surface or through a cut or abrasion
if patient has genital warts, how did it get into the body?
Enter through the skin/mucosa of penis, external genitalia, vagina/cervix, urethra; may enter through an unbroken surface or through a cut or abrasion
