A patient wants to know why he developed an infection after being cut on the leg with a piece of wood but his friend who was also cut did not. How should the nurse explain this phenomenon to the patient?
1. "Maybe the wood that cut your friend wasn't dirty and infected.".
2. "You must have an autoimmune disorder.".
3. "The organism found you more susceptible to infection.".
4. "Your friend will get an infection too. It will just occur later.".
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Rationale 1: This is an unlikely situation.
Rationale 2: This is a situation of normal infection and does not indicate an autoimmune disorder.
Rationale 3: For a microorganism to cause infection, it must have disease-causing potential (virulence), be transmitted from its reservoir, and gain entry into a susceptible host.
Rationale 4: There is no evidence to indicate that the friend will develop an infection.
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