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Commensals
Normal flora - microbes that co-exist with humans WITHOUT causing disease
Pathogens -Pathogens - microbes capable of causing human disease
microbes capable of causing human disease
Colonization
- the establishment of proliferating microbes on the skinor mucous membranes
Infection -
the proliferation of microbes in tissues with the concomitantinduction of the immune system
Disease -
the proliferation of microbes in tissues, immune responseand resulting damage and/or impairment of bodily functions.
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jselim
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169254
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Micro 1
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Micro
Updated
2012-09-06T14:25:14Z
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