Fun fact: the bacteria isn’t rare, it’s actually quite common. You’ll almost certainly get some in any cut you get!
What’s rare is the infection not being fought off naturally. Were I a betting man (I am) I’d say the bacteria had formed the same kind of colony that makes surgical implants such risk factors around the fiberglass.
Tl;Dr because of how phagocytes work (completely engulfing the pathogen) anything that gives a bacteria colony a hard surface to grow on makes it much, much harder for your immune system to eradicate.
Fun fact: the bacteria isn’t rare, it’s actually quite common. You’ll almost certainly get some in any cut you get!
What’s rare is the infection not being fought off naturally. Were I a betting man (I am) I’d say the bacteria had formed the same kind of colony that makes surgical implants such risk factors around the fiberglass.
Tl;Dr because of how phagocytes work (completely engulfing the pathogen) anything that gives a bacteria colony a hard surface to grow on makes it much, much harder for your immune system to eradicate.