Using machine learning to guide targeted and locally-tailored empiric antibiotic prescribing in a children's hospital in Cambodia.

Wellcome Open Research

Volumn 3, Issue , 2018, Pages

  Oonsivilai, Mathupanee ^a   Mo, Yin ^a,b   Luangasanatip, Nantasit ^a   Lubell, Yoel ^a   Miliya, Thyl ^c   Tan, Pisey ^c   Loeuk, Lorn ^c   Turner, Paul ^c,d   Cooper, Ben S ^a,d  

^a MAHIDOL OXFORD TROPICAL MEDICINE RESEARCH UNIT   (Thailand)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c Angkor Hospital for Children   (Cambodia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antibiotic; Antimicrobial; Machine learning; Neonate; Prediction; Resistance

Indexed keywords

EID: 85063062224     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2398502X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12688/wellcomeopenres.14847.1     Document Type: Article

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