About the Authors

Florence Allantaz-Frager

florence.frager@biomerieux.com

Affiliation Joint Unit Hospices Civils de Lyon-Biomérieux « sepsis », Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Lyon, France

Fanny Turrel-Davin

Affiliation Joint Unit Hospices Civils de Lyon-Biomérieux « sepsis », Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Lyon, France

Fabienne Venet

Affiliation Cellular Immunology Laboratory, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Lyon, France

Cécile Monnin

Affiliation Joint Unit Hospices Civils de Lyon-Biomérieux « sepsis », Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Lyon, France

Amélie De Saint Jean

Affiliation Joint Unit Hospices Civils de Lyon-Biomérieux « sepsis », Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Lyon, France

Véronique Barbalat

Affiliation BioMérieux sa, Marcy l’Etoile, France

Elisabeth Cerrato

Affiliation Joint Unit Hospices Civils de Lyon-Biomérieux « sepsis », Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Lyon, France

Alexandre Pachot

Affiliation BioMérieux sa, Marcy l’Etoile, France

Alain Lepape

Affiliation Intensive Care Unit, Centre Hospitalier Lyon-Sud, Pierre-Bénite, France

Guillaume Monneret

Affiliation Cellular Immunology Laboratory, Hôpital Edouard Herriot, Lyon, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. FAF, FTD, CM, ADSJ, VB, EC and AP are employed by a commercial company (BioMérieux). This does not alter their adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FAF FTD FV AP AL GM. Performed the experiments: FAF FTD CM ADSJ VB EC. Analyzed the data: FAF FTD CM ADSJ VB EC. Wrote the paper: FAF FV AP AL GM.