Part A) What barrier was breached by the pathogen?Part B) Describe how that barrier works and how it can prevent mom's pathogens from infecting the fetus.A tiny 1-kg (2.2-pound) female neonate (newborn) was born two months premature. The baby had extreme difficulty breathing andhad to be intubated (a breathing tube inserted). The mother, at the time of admission, had complained of mild diarrhea andabnormal abdominal pain unrelated to her pregnancy. The infectious disease doctor who was called in to consult on the caseimmediately recognized the likely problem and ordered blood cultures be performed on the infant. The infant was also started onintravenous antibiotics. Two days later, the lab reported finding a Gram-positive bacillus-Listeria monocytogenes-in the infant'sblood. This same organism was the cause of the mother's diarrhea. The mother had unwittingly ingested some unpasteurizedcheese contaminated with this pathogen and developed listeriosis. The organism entered the mother's bloodstream and wastransmitted to the fetus prior to birth.

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Part A) What barrier was breached by the pathogen? Part B) Describe how that barrier works and how it can prevent mom's pathogens from infecting the fetus.