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“Background Streptococcus agalactiae (Group B Streptococci – GBS) can colonize the gastrointestinal and genitourinary tracts of healthy individuals without any symptoms of disease [1]. Nevertheless, this

bacterium can cause life-threatening invasive diseases in pregnant women, neonates or non-pregnant adults. Colonized women, during pregnancy or the postpartum period, are usually asymptomatic, but GBS may cause bacteremia, urinary tract infections, chorioamnionitis, endometritis, puerperal sepsis and, occasionally meningitis and septic thrombophlebitis [2, 3]. GBS colonization among pregnant women also increases the risk of premature delivery and perinatal transmission of the microorganism to newborns, which can cause fatal sepsis and meningitis [4, 5]. A successful perinatal disease prevention strategy based on intrapartum chemoprophylaxis for pregnant women at risk [6] leads to a significant decrease in GBS infections in neonates [3, 6, 7].