About the Authors

Lars Ljungström

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Skaraborg Hospital, Skövde, Sweden

Anna-Karin Pernestig

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Systems Biology Research Centre, School of Bioscience, University of Skövde, Skövde, Sweden

Gunnar Jacobsson

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases, Skaraborg Hospital, Skövde, Sweden, CARe–Center for Antibiotic Resistance Research, Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, Sweden

Rune Andersson

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations CARe–Center for Antibiotic Resistance Research, Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, Sweden, Department of Infectious Diseases, Institute of Biomedicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, Gothenburg University and Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden

Barbara Usener

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Clinical Chemistry, Unilabs AB, Skövde, Sweden

Diana Tilevik

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

diana.tilevik@his.se

Affiliation Systems Biology Research Centre, School of Bioscience, University of Skövde, Skövde, Sweden

Competing Interests

bioMérieux Sweden AB (Askim, Sweden) provided instrument for PCT analysis and discount on the used PCT kits. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.