MARELLI C.

IntroductionIn the past few years, the use of artificial intelligence in healthcare has grown exponentially. Prescription of antibiotics is not exempt from its rapid diffusion, and various machine learning (ML) techniques, from logistic regression to deep neural networks and large language models, have been explored in the literature to support...

Background: Candidemia is associated with a heavy burden of morbidity and mortality in hospitalized patients. The availability of blood culture results could require up to 48–72 h after blood draw; thus, early treatment decisions are made in the absence of a definite diagnosis. Methods: In this retrospective study, we assessed the performance...