What are two ways in which bacteria cause disease?

Infection, where the bacteria are actively growing in your body, and Intoxication, where a chemical that the bacteria produced is ingested and causes illness.

What are two ways in which bacteria cause disease?
multiplication at a very fast rate


and overwhelming the bodies


natural defences ie:antibodies


making a clear path for infection


to set in
Reply:One way is by getting into your system and multiplying quickly in places they shouldn't. Staph and strep usually do this. They make your immune system work hard, and steal you bodies resources.





Another way is that some bacteria produce toxins. Shigella does this. So when it's in your system, there might not be a lot of it, but it's producing poison and making you sick.