Robust Diagnosis of Acute Bacterial and Viral Infections via Host Gene Expression Rank-Based Ensemble Machine Learning Algorithm: A Multi-Cohort Model Development and Validation Study.

Journal: Clinical chemistry
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Abstract

BACKGROUND: The accurate and prompt diagnosis of infections is essential for improving patient outcomes and preventing bacterial drug resistance. Host gene expression profiling as an approach to infection diagnosis holds great potential in assisting early and accurate diagnosis of infection.

Authors

  • Yifei Shen
    Department of Computing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China.
  • Dongsheng Han
    Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
  • Wenxin Qu
    Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
  • Fei Yu
    Department of Nutrition and food hygiene, College of Public Health of Zhengzhou University, Zhengzhou, China, 450001. Electronic address: 53615631@qq.com.
  • Dan Zhang
    School of Pharmacy, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou 646000, China.
  • Yifan Xu
    Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, School of Public Health, Peking University, 38 Xue Yuan Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100191, China. xuyifan_1992@163.com.
  • Enhui Shen
    Institute of Crop Science & Institute of Bioinformatics, College of Agriculture & Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.
  • Qinjie Chu
    Institute of Bioinformatics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
  • Michael P Timko
    Departments of Biology and Public Health Sciences, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, United States.
  • Longjiang Fan
    Hainan Institute, Zhejiang University, Sanya 572025, China; Institute of Crop Science & Institute of Bioinformatics, College of Agriculture & Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China.
  • Shufa Zheng
    Department of Laboratory Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China.
  • Yu Chen
    State Key Laboratory of Oral Diseases & National Center for Stomatology & National Clinical Center for Oral Diseases, West China Hospital of Stomatology, Sichuan University, Chengdu, Sichuan, China.