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Approximately 18% of pregnant women are colonized with Group B streptococcus (GBS), which are βhemolytic, gram-positive bacteria. GBS conversion from the asymptomatic commensal in the vagina to an invasive pathogen predisposes the pregnant women to ascending intrauterine infection that tiggers preterm birth and initiate fetal and neonatal infectio