Outline the typical steps in bacterial pathogenesis.

• A. Exposure/entry, colonization, invasion, evasion of host defenses, tissue damage, and transmission
• B. Evasion of host defenses, exposure/entry, colonization, invasion, tissue damage, and transmission
• C. Exposure, invasion, colonization, evasion, tissue damage, transmission
• D. Colonization, transmission, exposure/entry, invasion

Answer: (B)