High Plasma Level of Long Pentraxin 3 (PTX3) Is Associated with Fatal Disease in Bacteremic Patients: A Prospective Cohort Study

• Reetta Huttunen ,

  * 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

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• Mikko Hurme,

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

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• Janne Aittoniemi,

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

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• Heini Huhtala,

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

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• Risto Vuento,

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

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• Janne Laine,

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

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• Juulia Jylhävä,

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

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• Jaana Syrjänen

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

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