About the Authors
- Lars Ljungström
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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
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Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Systems Biology Research Centre, School of Bioscience, University of Skövde, Skövde, Sweden
- Gunnar Jacobsson
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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
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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
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Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing
Affiliation Department of Clinical Chemistry, Unilabs AB, Skövde, Sweden
- Diana Tilevik
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Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing
* E-mail: 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.