3.4. Sepsis among neonatal and pediatric patients
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.