TY - JOUR
T1 - Preliminary attempt to predict risk of invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in patients with influenza
T2 - Decision trees may help?
AU - Bellelli, Valeria
AU - Siccardi , Guido
AU - Conte, Livia
AU - Celani, Luigi
AU - Congeduti, Elena
AU - Borrazzo , Cristian
AU - Santinelli , Letizia
AU - Innocenti , Giuseppe Pietro
AU - Pinacchio, Claudia
AU - Ceccarelli , Giancarlo
AU - More Authors, null
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) is typically considered a disease of immunocompromised patients, but, recently, many cases have been reported in patients without typical risk factors. The aim of our study is to develop a risk predictive model for IPA through machine learning techniques (decision trees) in patients with influenza. We conducted a retrospective observational study analyzing data regarding patients diagnosed with influenza hospitalized at the University Hospital “Umberto I” of Rome during the 2018-2019 season. We collected five IPA cases out of 77 influenza patients. Although the small sample size is a limit, the most vulnerable patients among the influenza-infected population seem to be those with evidence of lymphocytopenia and those that received corticosteroid therapy.
AB - Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis (IPA) is typically considered a disease of immunocompromised patients, but, recently, many cases have been reported in patients without typical risk factors. The aim of our study is to develop a risk predictive model for IPA through machine learning techniques (decision trees) in patients with influenza. We conducted a retrospective observational study analyzing data regarding patients diagnosed with influenza hospitalized at the University Hospital “Umberto I” of Rome during the 2018-2019 season. We collected five IPA cases out of 77 influenza patients. Although the small sample size is a limit, the most vulnerable patients among the influenza-infected population seem to be those with evidence of lymphocytopenia and those that received corticosteroid therapy.
KW - Antifungal drugs
KW - Decision trees
KW - EORTC/MSG
KW - Influenza
KW - Invasive pulmonary aspergillosis
KW - Italy
KW - Machine learning
KW - Risk score
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U2 - 10.3390/antibiotics9100644
DO - 10.3390/antibiotics9100644
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85091582549
SN - 2079-6382
VL - 9
SP - 1
EP - 8
JO - Antibiotics
JF - Antibiotics
IS - 10
M1 - 644
ER -