Using Association Rules in Antimicrobial Resistance in Stone Disease Patients

Stud Health Technol Inform. 2022 Jun 29:295:462-465. doi: 10.3233/SHTI220765.

Abstract

Association rule mining is a very popular unsupervised machine learning technique for discovering patterns in large datasets. Patients with stone disease commonly suffer from urinary tract infections (UTI), complicated by the emergence of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), due to the excessive use of antibiotics. In this study, we explore the use of association rule mining in the AMR profile of patients suffering from stone disease.

Keywords: AMR; Antimicrobial Resistance; Association rules; unsupervised ML.

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents* / pharmacology
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents* / therapeutic use
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial
  • Humans
  • Urinary Tract Infections* / drug therapy

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents