About the Authors
- Sandrine Leroy
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* E-mail: Sandrine.Leroy @pasteur.fr
Affiliations Centre for Statistics in Medicine, Oxford, United Kingdom, Epidemiology of Emerging Diseases Unit, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France, Inserm U953 Unit, Paris, France, Department of Pediatrics, Paris Descartes University, Necker Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, France
- François Bouissou
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital, Paul Sabathier University, CHU Purpan, Toulouse, France
- Anna Fernandez-Lopez
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Hospital Universitari Arnau de Vilanova, Lleida. Spain
- Metin K. Gurgoze
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Affiliation Firat University Faculty of Medicine, Elazig, Turkey
- Kyriaki Karavanaki
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Affiliation Department of Nephrology "A. and P. Kyriakou" Childen's Hospital, Athens, Greece
- Tim Ulinski
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Affiliation Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Trousseau Hospital and University Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France
- Silvia Bressan
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
- Geogios Vaos
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Affiliation Department of Pediatric Surgery, Alexandroupolis University Hospital, Thrace, Greece
- Pierre Leblond
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Jeanne de Flandre Hospital, Lille, France
- Yvon Coulais
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital, Paul Sabathier University, CHU Purpan, Toulouse, France
- Carlos Luaces Cubells
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Hospital San Joan de Déu., Barcelona, Spain
- A. Denizmen Aygun
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Affiliation Firat University Faculty of Medicine, Elazig, Turkey
- Constantinos J. Stefanidis
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Affiliation Department of Nephrology "A. and P. Kyriakou" Childen's Hospital, Athens, Greece
- Albert Bensman
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Affiliation Department of Pediatric Nephrology, Trousseau Hospital and University Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France
- Liviana DaDalt
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
- Stefanos Gardikis
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Affiliation Department of Pediatric Surgery, Alexandroupolis University Hospital, Thrace, Greece
- Sandra Bigot
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Jeanne de Flandre Hospital, Lille, France
- Dominique Gendrel
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Paris Descartes University, Necker Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, France
- Gérard Bréart
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Affiliation Inserm U953 Unit, Paris, France
- Martin Chalumeau
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Affiliations Inserm U953 Unit, Paris, France, Department of Pediatrics, Paris Descartes University, Necker Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, France
Competing Interests
Professors Gendrel and Chalumeau have received unrestricted educational grants for other studies, for a total amount lower than €5000, from Brahms AG, the manufacturer of procalcitonin, in 2007. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the study: SL MC. Collected the data: FB AF-L MKG KK TU SB GV PL YC CLC ADA CJS AB LD SG SB. Performed the statistical analysis: SL. Interpreted the data: SL. Drafted the manuscript: SL. Critically revised the manuscript for important intellectual content: SL FB AF-L MKG KK TU SB GV PL YC CLC ADA CJS AB LD SG SB DG GB MC. Brought expertise in Epidemiology and Pediatric Infecious Diseses, respectively: GB DG. Obtained funding: SL.