Autoinoculation

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In medical microbiology and infectiology, autoinoculation is understood as the spread of pathogens from one infected part of the body to another caused by humans or animals . The spread occurs through smear infection (contact settling), for example when the pathogen is picked up with the hands and a new source of infection is then set by rubbing, touching or scratching.

Autoinoculation usually takes place with the hands or extremities of the animal, but also indirectly by rubbing or scratching with objects or surfaces. Typical infections that can be traced back to autoinoculation are infections of the eye (rubbing in of pus pathogens such as Staphylococcus aureus or viruses such as the herpes simplex virus ) and infectious diseases of the skin such as skin mycoses , molluscum contagiosum or warts .

The term autoinoculation is also used for the settlement of tumor cells within the organism ( implantation metastasis ).

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