About the Authors

Anne J. M. Loonen

Affiliations Jeroen Bosch Hospital, Laboratory of Molecular Diagnostics, 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands, Fontys University of Applied Sciences, Department of Medical Molecular Diagnostics, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Cornelis P. C. de Jager

Affiliation Jeroen Bosch Hospital, Department of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands

Janna Tosserams

Affiliation Jeroen Bosch Hospital, Department of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands

Ron Kusters

Affiliation Jeroen Bosch Hospital, Department of Clinical Chemistry and Haematology, 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands

Mirrian Hilbink

Affiliation Jeroen Bosch Hospital, Jeroen Bosch Academy, 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands

Peter C. Wever

Affiliation Jeroen Bosch Hospital, Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Control, 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands

Adriaan J. C. van den Brule

a.v.d.brule@jbz.nl

Affiliations Jeroen Bosch Hospital, Laboratory of Molecular Diagnostics, 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands, Fontys University of Applied Sciences, Department of Medical Molecular Diagnostics, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have the following interests. Biocartis NV (Mechelen, Belgium) provided MagicPlex Sepsis Test (Seegene), Molzym (Bremen, Germany) provided discount on MolYsis SepsiTest, and suPARnostic (Kopenhagen, Denmark) provided discount on the used suPAR kits. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AL PW AB. Performed the experiments: AL CdJ JT. Analyzed the data: AL CdJ JT RK MH PW AB. Wrote the paper: AL CdJ PW AB.