Microbiology Fundamentals: A Clinical Approach
Microbiology Fundamentals: A Clinical Approach
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ISBN: 9781259709227
Author: Marjorie Kelly Cowan Professor, Heidi Smith
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Three ways microbes cause tissue damage.

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A pathogen when invades or colonizes the tissue of an individual, will lead to creating infections. An infectious agent that has the ability to cause disease is called its pathogenicity and the rate to which an infectious agent is pathogenic is termed as virulence.

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