Symptoms of early onset neonatal meningitis are apnea (stopping breathing) and bradycardia (slow heart rate) in infants. 

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*Streptococcus agalactiae* is a gram-positive bacterium is a cause of neonatal meningitis. 

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Symptoms of Early onset Neonatal Meningitis

A common symptoms of late onset neonatal meningitis is opisthotonos which is a rigid body and an arched back and head tilted backwards. 

Symptoms of Late onset Neonatal Meningitis

Virulence factors of *Streptococcus agalactiae* has a capsule that prevents phagocytosis and the toxin CAMP factor which can form holes in the host cell membranes and binds to antibodies. 

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