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Streptococcus pneumoniae is found as part of the normal microbiota of the mouth and pharynx and yet can cats

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If bacterium is able to avoid the immune system of the lungs more easily than in the nasopharynx.

If Streptococcus pneumoniae is inhaled deeply enough into the lungs, there are receptors present to which the bacteria can adhere.