Development and Evaluation of a Machine Learning Recursive Partitioning Decision Tree Algorithm to Optimize Urinalysis Parameters to Predict Urine Culture Positivity
J. N. Seheult, M. N. Stram, L. Contis, R. E. Pontzer, S. Hardy, C. M. Baxter, M. Ondras, W. Wertz, P. L. Kip, G. M. Snyder, A. W. Pasculle
The paper develops a machine learning decision tree algorithm to predict urine culture positivity using urinalysis parameters, achieving high predictive accuracy and supporting a reflex protocol to reduce unnecessary cultures.
bioRxiv · Mar 10, 2023 · PreprintMicrobiology