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Machine learning in infection management using routine electronic health records: Tools, techniques, and reporting of future technologies

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Luz, C.F., Vollmer, M., Decruyenaere, J., Nijsten, M.W., Glasner, C., Sinha, B.·2020·Clinical Microbiology and Infection

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BACKGROUND: Machine learning (ML) is increasingly being used in many areas of health care. Its use in infection management is catching up as identified in a recent review in this journal. We present here a complementary review to this work. OBJECTIVES: To support clinicians and researchers in navigating through the methodological aspects of ML approaches in the field of infection management. SOURCES: A Medline search was performed with the keywords artificial intelligence, machine learning, infection∗, and infectious disease∗ for the years 2014-2019. Studies using routinely available electronic hospital record data from an inpatient setting with a focus on bacterial and fungal infections were included. CONTENT: Fifty-two studies were included and divided into six groups based on their focus. These studies covered detection/prediction of sepsis (n = 19), hospital-acquired infections (n = 11), surgical site infections and other postoperative infections (n = 11), microbiological test results (n = 4), infections in general (n = 2), musculoskeletal infections (n = 2), and other topics (urinary tract infections, deep fungal infections, antimicrobial prescriptions; n = 1 each). In total, 35 different ML techniques were used. Logistic regression was applied in 18 studies followed by random forest, support vector machines, and artificial neural networks in 18, 12, and seven studies, respectively. Overall, the studies were very heterogeneous in their approach and their reporting. Detailed information on data handling and software code was often missing. Validation on new datasets and/or in other institutions was rarely done. Clinical studies on the impact of ML in infection management were lacking. IMPLICATIONS: Promising approaches for ML use in infectious diseases were identified. But building trust in these new technologies will require improved reporting. Explainability and interpretability of the models used were rarely addressed and should be further explored. Independent model validation and clinical studies evaluating the added value of ML approaches are needed.

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Authors
Luz, C. F., Vollmer, M., Decruyenaere, J., Nijsten, M. W., Glasner, C., & Sinha, B.
Affiliations
  • University Medical Center Groningen (NL)
  • Universitätsmedizin Greifswald (DE)
  • Ghent University Hospital (BE)
Corresponding author
Luz, C.F.
Venue
Clinical Microbiology and Infection
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2020-10
Volume
26
Issue
10
Pages
1291-1299
ISSN
1198-743X (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W3005677144
Cited by
106
References
88
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 19 · 2024: 15 · 2023: 15 · 2022: 25 · 2021: 26 · 2020: 4
FWCI
0.61
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Clinical Microbiology and Infection (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • University of Groningen research database (University of Groningen / Centre for Information Technology) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
Funders
European Commission Horizon 2020
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Machine Learning in Healthcare
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Epidemiology › Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Health Informatics › Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare and Education
Keywords
machine learning, infection management, electronic health records, sepsis prediction, nosocomial infections, surgical site infection, bacterial infection, fungal infection, model validation, explainability, reporting quality, antimicrobial prescribing, urinary tract infection
MeSH terms
Machine Learning, Algorithms, Cross Infection, Humans, Prognosis, Surgical Wound Infection, Urinary Tract Infections, Sepsis, Decision Support Systems, Clinical, Electronic Health Records

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