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Distribution of blood cultures by year
| Year | Total blood culture | Total neonatal blood culture (% of total blood culture) |
Positive neonatal culture (%) |
Negative neonatal culture (%) |
| 2002 | 361 | 88(24) | 22(25) | 66(75) |
| 2003 | 533 | 176(33) | 33(19) | 143(81) |
| 2004 | 661 | 126(13) | 30(24) | 96(76) |
| Total | 1555 | 390(25) | 85(22) | 305(78) |
