About the Authors

Reetta Huttunen

reetta.huttunen@uta.fi

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland, University of Tampere Medical School, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland

Mikko Hurme

Affiliations Centre for Laboratory Medicine, Pirkanmaa Hospital District, Tampere, Finland, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Tampere Medical School, Tampere, Finland

Janne Aittoniemi

Affiliation Centre for Laboratory Medicine, Pirkanmaa Hospital District, Tampere, Finland

Heini Huhtala

Affiliation School of Health Sciences, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland

Risto Vuento

Affiliation Centre for Laboratory Medicine, Pirkanmaa Hospital District, Tampere, Finland

Janne Laine

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland

Juulia Jylhävä

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Tampere Medical School, Tampere, Finland

Jaana Syrjänen

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland, University of Tampere Medical School, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RH JA JS JL RV HH MH JJ. Performed the experiments: JJ MH JA RV. Analyzed the data: JA RH JS HH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JJ MH JA. Wrote the manuscript: RH. Participated in the study design and wrote the first draft of the manuscript: RH. Contributed to the design and approved the final version of the manuscript: RH MH JA HH RV JL JJ JS. Responsible for PTX3 measurements: MH JJ. Constructed the ROC and Kaplan Meier survival curves: JA HH. Statistician: HH. Checked the statistical methods used in the study: HH. Analyzed the blood culture results: RV JA. Recruited the study participants: JS JL.