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We retrospectively analyzed pediatric patients with NTS infections, confirmed by positive cultures, in a tertiary medical center in Taiwan in 2012 and 2019. Clinical features and laboratory data of the patients were collected. Changes in the serogroup category and antimicrobial resistance were also analyzed. Of the total 797 isolates collected, 55 had NTS bacteremia. Compared with the resistance rates in 2012, the rates of resistances to third-generation cephalosporin and ciprofloxacin were significantly higher in 2019 (4.1% vs 14.3%, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.001; 1.9% vs 28.6%, <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.001), especially in groups B, D, and E. Moreover, we observed significantly higher antimicrobial resistance (25.3%) to third-generation cephalosporin, and approximately half the NTS isolates in the infant group were multidrug resistant \u2013 a higher rate than those of other age groups in 2019. Invasive NTS often presented with a longer fever duration, lower hemoglobin level and with no elevated C-reactive protein (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.05). Non-invasive NTS isolates in 2019 were significantly more resistant to ceftriaxone (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.001) and ciprofloxacin (<jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.001) than those in 2012. The antimicrobial resistance of NTS in children has increased progressively in the past decade, and different serogroups exhibited different resistance patterns. During this period, infants showed the highest risk to get a third-generation cephalosporin-resistant NTS infection. 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