Aysun Tekin, Mohammad Joghataee, Lucrezia Rovati, Hong Truong, Claudia Castillo-Zambrano, Kushagra Kushagra, Nasrin Nikravangolsefid, Mahmut Ozkan, Ashish Gupta, Vitaly Herasevich, Juan Domecq, John O'Horo, Ognjen Gajic
Diagnostic delay leads to poor outcomes in infections, and it occurs more often when the causative agent is unusual. Delays are attributable to failing to consider such diagnoses in a timely fashion. Using routinely collected electronic health record (EHR) data, we built a preliminary multivariable diagnostic model for early identification of unusual fungal infections and tuberculosis in hospitalized patients. We conducted a two-gate case-control study. Cases encompassed adult patients admitted to 19 Mayo Clinic enterprise hospitals between January 2010 and March 2023 diagnosed with blastomycosis, cryptococcosis, histoplasmosis, mucormycosis, pneumocystosis, or tuberculosis...
April 20, 2024: Biomol Biomed