A 5-day-old preterm neonate (32 weeks gestation) admitted to the NICU develops signs of sepsis. Blood and cerebrospinal fluid cultures are obtained. The neonate has been on broad-spectrum antibiotics for 3 days without clinical improvement. Which is the most common causative organism of late-onset neonatal sepsis (LONS) in this NICU setting?

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