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临床-影像组学融合模型在预测空洞型肺结核耐药中的应用

 

Authors Zhao CY, Song C, Huang ZT, Lin XS, Huang XW , Song SL, Qiang HB, Zhu QD, Xie ZH

Received 3 November 2025

Accepted for publication 27 January 2026

Published 2 February 2026 Volume 2026:19 578781

DOI https://doi.org/10.2147/IDR.S578781

Checked for plagiarism Yes

Review by Single anonymous peer review

Peer reviewer comments 3

Editor who approved publication: Dr Hazrat Bilal

Chun-Yan Zhao,1,2,* Chang Song,1,2,* Zhen-Tao Huang,2,* Xiao-Shi Lin,2 Xue-Wen Huang,1,2 Shu-Lin Song,3 Hang-Biao Qiang,2 Qing-Dong Zhu,1 Zhou-Hua Xie1 

1Department of Tuberculosis, The Fourth People’s Hospital of Nanning, Nanning, Guangxi, 530023, People’s Republic of China; 2Clinical Medical School, Guangxi Medical University, Nanning, Guangxi, 530021, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Radiology, The Fourth People’s Hospital of Nanning, Nanning, Guangxi, 530023, People’s Republic of China

*These authors contributed equally to this work

Correspondence: Qing-Dong Zhu, Department of Tuberculosis, The Fourth People’s Hospital of Nanning, Nanning, Guangxi, 530023, People’s Republic of China, Email zhuqingdong2003@163.com Zhou-Hua Xie, Department of Tuberculosis, The Fourth People’s Hospital of Nanning, Nanning, Guangxi, 530023, People’s Republic of China, Email 1491348066@qq.com

Purpose: This study aims to develop and validate a clinical-radiomics fusion model that integrates clinical characteristics with CT-derived radiomic features for the rapid and accurate prediction of drug resistance in patients with cavitary pulmonary tuberculosis (TB).
Patients and Methods: A total of 231 patients with microbiologically confirmed cavitary pulmonary TB were retrospectively enrolled and divided into a drug-resistant TB group (n=89) and a drug-sensitive TB group (n=142) based on drug susceptibility testing. Radiomics features were extracted from CT images, and a radiomic signature was constructed following stability assessment, dimensionality reduction, and least absolute shrinkage and LASSO regression. Clinical predictors with significant statistical differences were identified. Independent clinical, radiomic, and combined clinical-radiomics fusion models (nomogram) were developed using eight machine learning algorithms, and their performances were compared. Models’ performance was evaluated using the area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUC), calibration curves, and decision curve analysis.
Results: Four clinical variables (C-reactive protein, diabetes history, alanine aminotransferase, and blood calcium levels) and a radiomics signature comprising 14 key features were selected as final predictors. The fusion model achieved AUCs of 0.861 in the training set and 0.884 in the test set, outperforming both the standalone clinical and radiomic models. Decision curve analysis demonstrated that the fusion model provided higher clinical net benefit across a wide range of threshold probabilities.
Conclusion: The proposed clinical-radiomics fusion model enables accurate prediction of drug resistance in cavitary pulmonary TB, supporting the optimization of initial treatment strategies and promoting the implementation of precision medicine in TB management.

Keywords: radiomics, cavitary pulmonary tuberculosis, drug resistance, machine learning, predictive model