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Why does every infection start with contamination but not every contamination results in an infection?

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Infections are the biological event in which the pathogenic microbes adhere to the host and start to develop there. Infections are caused due to the poor maintenance and unsustainability. Pus formation in the wound and septicemia are the worst case of medical condition in humans which are caused by the infectious agents due to improper sustainability.

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Modified MasteringMicrobiology with Pearson eText -- Standalone Access Card -- for Microbiology with Diseases by Body System (4th Edition)

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