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The aim of this study was to determine the time to positivity (TTP) of neonatal blood cultures, to investigate differences between early onset versus late-onset sepsis, and non-proven versus proven sepsis, and to examine differences in TTP by organism type using a retrospective observational study at the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Antwerp University Hospital, Belgium. The subjects were 1828 neonates with suspected sepsis who were treated with antimicrobials for at least 3 days. The TTP was recorded for all episodes of suspected sepsis in an approximately 6.5 year period. A total of 2916 blood cultures were collected, of which 437 (15 %) became positive. The overall TTP was 21.33 h (Q–Q 13.17–32.46). The difference between the median TTP in early onset versus late-onset sepsis was 0.83 h (22.00 versus 21.17 h, =0.75). The median TTP for Gram-negative organisms was 11.17 h (Q–Q 8.84–15.67), whereas the median TTP for Gram-positive organisms was 23.59 h (Q–Q 15.29–34.58, <0.001). In Gram-positive isolates, the median TTP for coagulase-negative staphylococci (CNS) was 26.67 h (Q–Q 19.00–38.17), whereas the median TTP for non-CNS was 12.83 h (Q–Q 10.50–18.17, <0.001). The median TTP in proven sepsis was 20.17 h (Q–Q 13.00–30.37), whereas it was 29.67 h (Q–Q 21.17–50.63, <0.001) in non-proven sepsis. TTP of neonatal blood cultures was significantly shorter for Gram-negative organisms. We suggest shortening the total incubation time of neonatal blood cultures to a maximum of 3 days. However, blood cultures collected in infants <72 h of age might require a longer incubation time. According to our results, it may be safe to narrow the antimicrobial spectrum to solely target Gram-positive bacteria when the culture is still negative after 48 h, and to cease antimicrobial therapy when the culture is still negative after 72 h in clinically well infants.

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