OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Infection and Drug Resistance is 36. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Detection of Representative Mutant Strains and a Case of Prolonged Infection by SARS-CoV-2 with Spike 69/70 Deletion in Japan	200
Nephrotoxicity and Efficacy Assessment of Polymyxin B Use in Renal Transplant Patients	175
Effect and Safety of Helicobacter pylori Eradication Treatment Based on Molecular Pathologic Antibiotic Resistance in Chinese Elderly People	125
Performance of Interferon-γ Release Assays in Patients with Mycobacterium kansasii Infection	124
First Report of Oxacillin Susceptible mecA-Positive Staphylococcus aureus in a Children’s Hospital in Kunming, China	120
Infectious Diarrhea Caused by Nocardia farcinica in a 19-Month-Old Child	120
High Levels of Multidrug-Resistant and Beta-Lactamase-Producing Bacteria in Meat and Meat Contact Surfaces, Debre Berhan Town, Ethiopia	98
Colonization Rate of Potential Neonatal Disease-Causing Bacteria, Associated Factors, and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Profile Among Pregnant Women Attending Government Hospitals in Hawassa, Ethiopia	89
18β-Glycyrrhetinic Acid Alleviates P. multocida-Induced Vascular Endothelial Inflammation by PARP1-Mediated NF-κB and HMGB1 Signalling Suppression in PIEC Cells	83
Role of Proviral HIV-1 DNA Genotyping for People Living with HIV (PLWH) Who Had Low-Level Viremia While Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy	83
NWMN2330 May Be Associated with the Virulence of Staphylococcus aureus by Increasing the Expression of hla and saeRS	63
Epidemiology and Drug Resistance of Pathogens Isolated from Cerebrospinal Fluids at a Children’s Medical Center in Eastern China During 2006–2020	63
Comparative Analysis of Virology and Pathogenesis of SARS-CoV-2 and HIV Infections: Implications for Public Health and Treatment Strategies	61
Five-Year Prospective Follow-Up of Patients with Hepatitis C Virus Infection Treated with Direct-Acting Antiviral Agents	60
Clinical Characteristics and Risk Factors for Multidrug-Resistant Enterobacter cloacae Complex Bacteremia in a Chinese Tertiary Hospital: A Decade Review (2013–2022)	56
Appendiceal Perforation and Abdominal Wall Infection Caused by Invasive Mucormycosis in a Child with Acute Leukemia	55
Functional Study of desKR: A Lineage-Specific Two-Component System Positively Regulating Staphylococcus Aureus Biofilm Formation [Retraction]	54
Impact of the ABCB1 Drug Resistance Gene on the Risk Factors of Patients with COVID-19 and Its Relationship with the Drugs Used	53
Clinical Efficiency of Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing in Sputum for Pathogen Detection of Patients with Pneumonia According to Disease Severity and Host Immune Status	53
A Report of Two Cases of Meningoencephalitis Caused by Streptococcus intermedius	52
Reasons, Efficacy and Safety of Switching to Dolutegravir-Based Regimens Among Virologically Suppressed PLWH: A Retrospective Cohort Study of 96 Weeks	49
Compare Clinical Characteristics of Psittacosis Pneumonia in 35 Patients and of Non Psittacosis Bacterial Pneumonia in 46 Patients	48
Trends of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis in an Urban and a Rural Area in China: A 10-Year Population-Based Molecular Epidemiological Study	47
Knowledge, Practice and Associated Factors of Health Care Workers on Prevention of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections in South Wollo Zone Public Hospitals, Northeast Ethiopia	47
Effectiveness of Susceptibility-Guided Therapy for Helicobacter pylori Infection: A Retrospective Analysis by Propensity Score Matching	46

Maternal–Fetal Listeriosis in China: Clinical and Genomic Characteristics From an ST8 Listeria monocytogenes Case	45
Rebound of Antibiotic Use and Respiratory Infections After Resumption of Normalcy From COVID-19 in Hong Kong	44
Are Glucocorticoids Truly Effective in Improving the Clinical Prognosis of HSV-1 Encephalitis?	43
Clinical Characteristics and Treatment Outcomes of Pediatric Fungal Keratitis	43
Epidemiology, Serogroups and Resistance of Salmonella During a 15-Year Period (2006–2020) in Kuwait	42
Genomic Insights into the First Emergence of blaNDM-5-Carrying Carbapenem-Resistant Salmonella enterica Serovar London Strain in China	40
Alarming Antibiotic Resistance in Pediatric Oncology Patients: A Three-Year Prospective Cohort Study from Oman [Corrigendum]	40
Singapore’s Dengue Outbreak Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic: Challenges, Responses, and Lessons	39
The Efficacy of Antimicrobial Peptides Against Gentamicin-Resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae [Letter]	39
Bacterial Contamination and Susceptibility Pattern Among Blood and Blood Components Using Divergent and Non-Divergent Collection Methods at Armed Forces Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa	37
Combination of AS101 and Mefloquine Inhibits Carbapenem-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in vitro and in vivo	37
The Pivotal Role of Microbiota in Modulating the Neuronal–Glial–Epithelial Unit	36