Mini-ESR                  Blood culture                                      Total                                    No Positive          No Negative Elevated                     128 (TP)                123 (FP)                    251 Normal                       41 (FN)                 114 (TN)                   155 Total                             169                        237                          406 Key: TP = True positive TN = True negative FP = False positive FN = False negative

Table 1: Proportion of Neonates with True Positive, True Negative, False Positive and False Negative Mini-ESR using Blood Culture as Gold Standard.