About the Authors
- Reetta Huttunen
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* E-mail: 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
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Affiliations Centre for Laboratory Medicine, Pirkanmaa Hospital District, Tampere, Finland, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Tampere Medical School, Tampere, Finland
- Janne Aittoniemi
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Affiliation Centre for Laboratory Medicine, Pirkanmaa Hospital District, Tampere, Finland
- Heini Huhtala
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Affiliation School of Health Sciences, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
- Risto Vuento
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Affiliation Centre for Laboratory Medicine, Pirkanmaa Hospital District, Tampere, Finland
- Janne Laine
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
- Juulia Jylhävä
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Tampere Medical School, Tampere, Finland
- Jaana Syrjänen
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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.