Colonization
Human Micro-Biome Cloud
All multi-cellular organisms are colonized all the time. Bacteria colonizing the colon, or existing on the skin. Neither of these would be considered infections.
Even the most virulent organism requires certain unusual circumstances to cause a compromising infection.
Some bacteria prevent colonization by pathogenic bacteria. Thus, they prevent infection and speed up wound healing.
The ways a host can be colonized by pathogens includes:
- the pathogen’s means of access to the host’s external & internal micro-biome regions,
- the intrinsic virulence (level of ability to cause harm) of a particular intruder,
- the quantity or load of the initial remedy taken in,
- the immune status of the host being colonized.
