<prompt> A neonate develops signs of meningitis at seven days of birth. The presence of which of the following infectious agent in the maternal genital tract can be the causative agent of this diseaseNeisseria gonorrhoeaeChlamydia trachomatisStreptococcus agalactiaeHaemophilous ducreyi  <response>: Neonatal meningitis Group B streptococcus strep agalactiae is the most common cause of neonatal meningitis.Infection is acquired from the maternal vagina during birth in early onset within a week meningitis and from the environment in late onset after 1st week meningitis. 