About the Authors

Emily C. Lydon

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, United States of America

Charles Bullard

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Duke University Center for Applied Genomics and Precision Medicine, Durham, NC, United States of America

Mert Aydin

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Duke University Center for Applied Genomics and Precision Medicine, Durham, NC, United States of America

Olga M. Better

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Duke University Center for Applied Genomics and Precision Medicine, Durham, NC, United States of America

Anna Mazur

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Duke University Center for Applied Genomics and Precision Medicine, Durham, NC, United States of America

Bradly P. Nicholson

Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Durham Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Durham, NC, United States of America

Emily R. Ko

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Duke University Center for Applied Genomics and Precision Medicine, Durham, NC, United States of America

Micah T. McClain

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Duke University Center for Applied Genomics and Precision Medicine, Durham, NC, United States of America, Durham Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Durham, NC, United States of America

Geoffrey S. Ginsburg

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Duke University Center for Applied Genomics and Precision Medicine, Durham, NC, United States of America

Chris W. Woods

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Duke University Center for Applied Genomics and Precision Medicine, Durham, NC, United States of America, Durham Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Durham, NC, United States of America

Thomas W. Burke

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Duke University Center for Applied Genomics and Precision Medicine, Durham, NC, United States of America

Ricardo Henao

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Duke University Department of Biostatistics and Informatics, Durham, NC, United States of America

Ephraim L. Tsalik

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

e.t@duke.edu

Affiliations Duke University Center for Applied Genomics and Precision Medicine, Durham, NC, United States of America, Durham Veterans Affairs Health Care System, Durham, NC, United States of America

Competing Interests

ELT has been a consultant for Immunexpress and bioMerieux. CWW has been a consultant for IDbyDNA, Becton Dickinson, bioMerieux, and Giner. ELT, GSG, CWW and TWB have equity in Predigen, Inc. (f.k.a Host Response). ELT, TWB, GSG, RH, MTM, and CWW are listed on the following patents: “Methods to diagnose and treat acute respiratory infections” (PCT/US2016/040437), “Biomarkers for the Molecular Classification of Bacterial Infection” (US20140323391 A1), and “Gene Expression Signatures Useful to Predict or Diagnose Sepsis and Methods of Using the Same” (PCT/US18/13832). Notably, this does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.