Wirz, Yannick
Meier, Marc A.
Bouadma, Lila
Luyt, Charles E.
Wolff, Michel
Chastre, Jean
Tubach, Florence
Schroeder, Stefan
Nobre, Vandack
Annane, Djillali
Reinhart, Konrad
Damas, Pierre
Nijsten, Maarten
Shajiei, Arezoo
deLange, Dylan W.
Deliberato, Rodrigo O.
Oliveira, Carolina F.
Shehabi, Yahya
van Oers, Jos A. H.
Beishuizen, Albertus
Girbes, Armand R. J.
de Jong, Evelien
Mueller, Beat
Schuetz, Philipp http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6400-4949
Funding for this research was provided by:
BioMérieux Inc.
Article History
Received: 2 June 2018
Accepted: 10 July 2018
First Online: 15 August 2018
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: All trial included in the meta-analysis enrolled patients providing informed consent and had approval from their institutional review boards.
: Not applicable.
: BioMérieux Inc. provided an unrestricted research grant to conduct this analysis. However, no personnel from the company were involved in the conduct of the analysis or in the preparation of the manuscript. PS and BM have received support from Thermo-Fisher and BioMérieux to attend meetings and fulfill speaking engagements. BM has also served as a consultant to BioMérieux and Thermo-Fisher. SS has received lecture fees and research support from Thermo-Fisher. CEL has received lecture fees from Brahms and Merck Sharp & Dohme-Chibret. JC has received consulting and lecture fees from Pfizer, Brahms, Wyeth, Johnson & Johnson, Nektar-Bayer, and Arpida. MW has received consulting and lectures fees from Merck Sharp & Dohme-Chibret, Janssen-Cilag, Gilead, Astellas, Sanofi, and Thermo-Fisher. YS has received unrestricted research grants from Thermo-fisher, BioMérieux, Orion Pharma, and Pfizer. The remaining authors declare that they have no competing interests.
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