Predicting the microbial cause of community-acquired pneumonia: can physicians or a data-driven method differentiate viral from bacterial pneumonia at patient presentation?

Claire LhommetDenis GarotLeslie Grammatico-GuillonCassandra JourdannaudPierre AsfarChristophe FaisyGrégoire MullerKimberly A BarkerEmmanuelle MercierSylvie RobertPhilippe LanotteAlain GoudeauHelene BlascoAntoine Guillon

Published in: BMC pulmonary medicine (2020)

Neither experts nor an AI algorithm can predict the microbial etiology of CAP within the first hours of hospitalization when there is an urgent need to define the anti-infective therapeutic strategy.

Keyphrases

community acquired pneumonia
microbial community
case report
primary care
machine learning
artificial intelligence
sars cov
deep learning
intensive care unit
respiratory failure