Nature 548, 407–412 (2017); doi:https://doi.org/10.1038/nature23480

In this Article, the statement ‘There were 88 culture-positive and 94 culture-negative cases’ should have read ‘Apart from 88 cases of suspect sepsis that included both culture-negative and culture-positive infants, there were an additional 94 culture-negative cases’. The correct numbers were reflected in Table 2 and were described accurately in the Table 2 legend. We apologize for any confusion that this might have created. The original Article has been corrected online.