Diagnosis of MRSA with neural networks and logistic regression approach

Diagnosis of MRSA with neural networks and logistic regression approach

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Article ID: iaor20011883
Country: Netherlands
Volume: 3
Issue: 4
Start Page Number: 287
End Page Number: 297
Publication Date: Oct 2000
Journal: Health Care Management Science
Authors: , ,
Keywords: neural networks
Abstract:

Antibiotic-resistant pathogens are increasingly prevalent in the hospitals and community. A timely and accurate diagnosis of the infection would greatly help physicians effectively treat patients. In this research we investigate the potential of using neural networks (NN) and logistic regression approach in diagnosing methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Receiver-Operating Characteristic curve and the cross-validation method are used to compare the performances of both systems. We found that NN is better than the logistic regression approach, in terms of both the discriminatory power and the robustness. With modeling flexibility inherent in its techniques, NN is effective in dealing with MRSA and other classification problems involving large numbers of variables and interaction complexity. On the other hand, logistic regression in our case is slightly inferior, offers more clarity and less perplexity. It could be a method of choice when fewer variables are involved and/or justification of the results is desired.

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