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ArticleEuropean journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology2023

Development and validation of a machine learning model to predict prognosis in HIV-negative cryptococcal meningitis patients: a multicenter study.

Junyu Liu, Yaxin Lu, Jia Liu, Jiayin Liang, Qilong Zhang, Hua Li, Xiufeng Zhong, Hui Bu, Zhanhang Wang, Liuxu Fan and 14 more

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Article in European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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24 authors.

Junyu Liu *Department of Neurology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510630, Guangdong, China.
Yaxin Lu *Big Data and Artificial Intelligence Center, The Third Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510630, Guangdong, China.
Jia Liu *Department of Neurology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510630, Guangdong, China.
Jiayin Liang *Department of Laboratory, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510630, Guangdong, China.
Qilong ZhangDepartment of Neurology, Jiangxi Chest Hospital, Jiangxi, 330000, China.
Hua LiDepartment of Neurology, Cangshan Breach of the 900Th Hospital of PLA Joint Service Support Force, Fuzhou, 350000, Fujian, China.
Xiufeng ZhongState Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Hui BuDepartment of Neurology, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, 050000, China.
Zhanhang WangDepartment of Neurology, Guangdong 999 Brain Hospital, Guangzhou, China.
Liuxu FanDepartment of Neurology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510630, Guangdong, China.
Panpan LiangDepartment of Laboratory, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510630, Guangdong, China.
Jia XieDepartment of Neurology, Jiangxi Chest Hospital, Jiangxi, 330000, China.
Yuan WangState Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology, Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
Jiayin GongDepartment of Neurology, Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, Xinquan Road 29#, Fuzhou, 350001, China.
Haiying ChenDepartment of Neurology, Jiangxi Chest Hospital, Jiangxi, 330000, China.
Yangyang DaiDepartment of Neurology, Guangdong 999 Brain Hospital, Guangzhou, China.
Lu YangDepartment of Neurology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510630, Guangdong, China.
Xiaohong SuDepartment of Neurology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510630, Guangdong, China.
Anni WangDepartment of Neurology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510630, Guangdong, China.
Lei XiongDepartment of Neurology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510630, Guangdong, China.
Han XiaDepartment of Scientific Affairs, Hugobiotech Co., Ltd, Beijing, China.
Ying JiangDepartment of Neurology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510630, Guangdong, China. jiangy9@mail.sysu.edu.cn.
Zifeng LiuBig Data and Artificial Intelligence Center, The Third Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510630, Guangdong, China. liuzf@mail.sysu.edu.cn.
Fuhua PengDepartment of Neurology, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, 510630, Guangdong, China. pengfh@mail.sysu.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7500-205X

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China 82071265
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo predict prognosis in HIV-negative cryptococcal meningitis (CM) patients by developing and validating a machine learning (ML) model.

methodsThis study involved 523 HIV-negative CM patients diagnosed between January 1, 1998, and August 31, 2022, by neurologists from 3 tertiary Chinese centers. Prognosis was evaluated at 10 weeks after the initiation of antifungal therapy.

resultsThe final prediction model for HIV-negative CM patients comprised 8 variables: Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) cryptococcal count, CSF white blood cell (WBC), altered mental status, hearing impairment, CSF chloride levels, CSF opening pressure (OP), aspartate aminotransferase levels at admission, and decreased rate of CSF cryptococcal count within 2 weeks after admission. The areas under the curve (AUCs) in the internal, temporal, and external validation sets were 0.87 (95% CI 0.794-0.944), 0.92 (95% CI 0.795-1.000), and 0.86 (95% CI 0.744-0.975), respectively. An artificial intelligence (AI) model was trained to detect and count cryptococci, and the mean average precision (mAP) was 0.993.

conclusionA ML model for predicting prognosis in HIV-negative CM patients was built and validated, and the model might provide a reference for personalized treatment of HIV-negative CM patients. The change in the CSF cryptococcal count in the early phase of HIV-negative CM treatment can reflect the prognosis of the disease. In addition, utilizing AI to detect and count CSF cryptococci in HIV-negative CM patients can eliminate the interference of human factors in detecting cryptococci in CSF samples and reduce the workload of the examiner.

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CryptococcusHIV InfectionsMeningitis, CryptococcalArtificial IntelligenceHumansMachine LearningPrognosisCryptococcal countCryptococcal meningitisMachine learningObject detectionPrediction model

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