,streptococcus pneumoniae

Deniz Ece Kaya1, Ege Ülgen1, Ayşe Sesin Kocagöz2

  • 1Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, School of Medicine, Acibadem Mehmet Ali Aydinlar University, Istanbul, Türkiye.

Frontiers in antibiotics
|January 16, 2025
PubMed
概括

机器学习模型可以使用遗传数据预测Streptococcus pneumoniae中的抗菌素耐药性 (AMR). 不同的机器学习方法和特征类型显著影响像青素这样的抗生素的预测准确性.

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