Published on in Vol 27 (2025)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/69998, first published .
Using Machine Learning Methods to Predict Early Treatment Outcomes for Multidrug-Resistant or Rifampicin-Resistant Tuberculosis to Enhance Patient Cure Rates: Development and Validation of Multiple Models

Using Machine Learning Methods to Predict Early Treatment Outcomes for Multidrug-Resistant or Rifampicin-Resistant Tuberculosis to Enhance Patient Cure Rates: Development and Validation of Multiple Models

Using Machine Learning Methods to Predict Early Treatment Outcomes for Multidrug-Resistant or Rifampicin-Resistant Tuberculosis to Enhance Patient Cure Rates: Development and Validation of Multiple Models

Fuzhen Zhang   1, 2, 3 * , PhD ;   Zilong Yang   4 * , MM ;   Xiaonan Geng   2 , MS ;   Yu Dong   1 , MS ;   Shanshan Li   1 , PhD ;   Cong Yao   1 , MBBS ;   Yuanyuan Shang   1 , MBBS ;   Weicong Ren   1 , PhD ;   Ruichao Liu   1 , MD ;   Haobin Kuang   4 , MBBS ;   Liang Li   1, 2 * , MBBS ;   Yu Pang   1 * , PhD

1 Department of Bacteriology and Immunology, Beijing Chest Hospital, Capital Medical University/Beijing Tuberculosis & Thoracic Tumor Research Institute, Beijing, China

2 Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China

3 School of Public Health (Shenzhen), Shenzhen Key Laboratory of Pathogenic Microbes and Biosafety, Shenzhen Campus of Sun Yat-sen University, Sun Yat-sen University, Shenzhen, China

4 Department of Tuberculosis, Guangzhou Chest Hospital/ Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Tuberculosis Research/ State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou, China

*these authors contributed equally

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