Portals of Entry and Organisms Typically Involved

Question 1

If patient has Staphylococcus aureus, Streptococcus pyogenes, or Clostridium tetani, how did it get into the body?

Answer 1

Skin via nicks, abrasions, punctures, areas of broken skin

Question 2

If patient has herpes simplex (type 1), how did it get into the body?

Answer 2

skin via mucous membranes of the lips

Question 3

If patient has Helminth worms, how did it get into the body?

Answer 3

burrow through the skin

Question 4

If patient has viruses, rickettsias, protozoa (i.e., malaria, West nile virus), how did it get into the body?

Answer 4

skin via insect bites

Question 5

If patient has Haemophilus aegypitus, Chlamydia trachomatis, Neisseria gonorrhoeae, how did it get into the body?

Answer 5

skin via conjunctiva of the eye

Question 6

if the patient has Salmonella, how did it get into the body?

Answer 6

through eating/drinking contaminated foods and fluids
via fomites (inanimate objects contaminated with the infectious organism)

Question 7

if the patient has Shigella, how did it get into the body?

Answer 7

through eating/drinking contaminated foods and fluids
via fomites (inanimate objects contaminated with the infectious organism)

Question 8

if the patient has Vibrio, how did it get into the body?

Answer 8

through eating/drinking contaminated foods and fluids
via fomites (inanimate objects contaminated with the infectious organism)

Question 9

if the patient has Escherichia coli, how did it get into the body?

Answer 9

through eating/drinking contaminated foods and fluids
via fomites (inanimate objects contaminated with the infectious organism)

Question 10

if the patient has poliovirus, how did it get into the body?

Answer 10

through eating/drinking contaminated foods and fluids
via fomites (inanimate objects contaminated with the infectious organism)

Question 11

if the patient has hepatitis A, how did it get into the body?

Answer 11

through eating/drinking contaminated foods and fluids
via fomites (inanimate objects contaminated with the infectious organism)

Question 12

if the patient has echovirus, how did it get into the body?

Answer 12

through eating/drinking contaminated foods and fluids
via fomites (inanimate objects contaminated with the infectious organism)

Question 13

if the patient has rotavirus, how did it get into the body?

Answer 13

through eating/drinking contaminated foods and fluids
via fomites (inanimate objects contaminated with the infectious organism)

Question 14

if the patient has enteric protozoans (Giardia lamblia, Entamoeba histolytica), how did it get into the body?

Answer 14

through eating/drinking contaminated foods and fluids
via fomites (inanimate objects contaminated with the infectious organism)

Question 15

if patient has bacteria causing meningitis, how did it get into the body?

Answer 15

via inhalation of offending organism

Question 16

if patient has influenza, how did it get into the body?

Answer 16

via inhalation of offending organism

Question 17

if patient has measles, how did it get into the body?

Answer 17

via inhalation of offending organism

Question 18

if patient has mumps, how did it get into the body?

Answer 18

via inhalation of offending organism

Question 19

if patient has rubella, how did it get into the body?

Answer 19

via inhalation of offending organism

Question 20

if patient has chickenpox, how did it get into the body?

Answer 20

via inhalation of offending organism

Question 21

if patient has common cold, how did it get into the body?

Answer 21

via inhalation of offending organism

Question 22

if patient has Streptococcus pneumoniae, how did it get into the body?

Answer 22

via inhalation of offending organism

Question 23

if patient has Klebsiella, how did it get into the body?

Answer 23

via inhalation of offending organism

Question 24

if patient has Mycoplasma, how did it get into the body?

Answer 24

via inhalation of offending organism

Question 25

if patient has Cryptococcus, how did it get into the body?

Answer 25

via inhalation of offending organism

Question 26

if patient has pneumocystis, how did it get into the body?

Answer 26

via inhalation of offending organism

Question 27

if patient has Mycobacterium tuberculosis, how did it get into the body?

Answer 27

via inhalation of offending organism

Question 28

if patient has histoplasma, how did it get into the body?

Answer 28

via inhalation of offending organism

Question 29

if patient has HIV, how did it get into the body?

Answer 29

Enter through the skin/mucosa of penis, external genitalia, vagina/cervix, urethra; may enter through an unbroken surface or through a cut or abrasion

Question 30

if patient has Trichomonas, how did it get into the body?

Answer 30

Enter through the skin/mucosa of penis, external genitalia, vagina/cervix, urethra; may enter through an unbroken surface or through a cut or abrasion

Question 31

if patient has hepatits B, how did it get into the body?

Answer 31

Enter through the skin/mucosa of penis, external genitalia, vagina/cervix, urethra; may enter through an unbroken surface or through a cut or abrasion

Question 32

if patient has syphilis, how did it get into the body?

Answer 32

Enter through the skin/mucosa of penis, external genitalia, vagina/cervix, urethra; may enter through an unbroken surface or through a cut or abrasion

Question 33

if patient has Treponema pallidum, how did it get into the body?

Answer 33

Enter through the skin/mucosa of penis, external genitalia, vagina/cervix, urethra; may enter through an unbroken surface or through a cut or abrasion

Question 34

if patient has Neisseria gonorrhoeae, how did it get into the body?

Answer 34

Enter through the skin/mucosa of penis, external genitalia, vagina/cervix, urethra; may enter through an unbroken surface or through a cut or abrasion

Question 35

if patient has Chlamydia trachomatis, how did it get into the body?

Answer 35

Enter through the skin/mucosa of penis, external genitalia, vagina/cervix, urethra; may enter through an unbroken surface or through a cut or abrasion

Question 36

if patient has herpes, how did it get into the body?

Answer 36

Enter through the skin/mucosa of penis, external genitalia, vagina/cervix, urethra; may enter through an unbroken surface or through a cut or abrasion

Question 37

if patient has genital warts, how did it get into the body?

Answer 37

Enter through the skin/mucosa of penis, external genitalia, vagina/cervix, urethra; may enter through an unbroken surface or through a cut or abrasion