Comparison of clinical manifestations, treatment and outcomes between persistent and nonpersistent bloodstream infection (BSI) in infants hospitalized in the neonatal intensive care unit.

All data were expressed as number (percentage %), unless indicated otherwise; WBC: white blood cell; NTISS: Neonatal Therapeutic Intervention Scoring System; IQR: interquartile range; HFOV: high frequency oscillatory ventilator; CVC: central venous catheter&CRP normal range: *Infectious complications were defined as a newly infectious focus or persistent organ dysfunction which occurred within one week and directed related to bloodstream infection, but not concurrently at onset of bloodstream infection#For 74 neonates with persistent BSI and 641 neonates without persistent BSIComparison of clinical manifestations, treatment and outcomes between persistent and nonpersistent bloodstream infection (BSI) in infants hospitalized in the neonatal intensive care unit.