Based on 41 studies in neonatal-pediatric patients, the overall
positivity of blood culture examination was 17.0% and 13.3% for neonatal and pediatric patients with suspected sepsis, respectively
(Table 3). The positivity of the pediatric patients was significantly
lower than that of the neonatal patients. The positivity in western
and central China was significantly higher than in eastern China.
Additionally, the positivity in both pediatric and neonatal patients
decreased over time.