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A member asked:
What are the common routes of infection for bacteria?
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Lungs, skin breaks: Breathing in droplets containing them can lead to infection of the lungs (pneumonia). They can enter through breaks in the skin. Through the urinary tract (bladder infection).
Answered 1/23/2015
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Skin/lungs/gut: Bacterial infection usually invades the body through a break in the skin, through inhalation or aspiration into the throat or lungs or through the intestinal tract. Frequently the pathogenic bacteria will colonize the site before invading.
Answered 1/4/2014
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