OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of BMC Infectious Diseases is 47. 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 2021-07-01 to 2025-07-01.)

Article	Citations
Action for better brain health among people living with HIV: protocol for a randomized controlled trial	611
Risk factors for SARS-CoV-2 seropositivity in a health care worker population during the early pandemic	210
State transitions across the Strep A disease spectrum: scoping review and evidence gaps	137
Patterns of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae in different anatomical sites among Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) users in Brazil	134
Corticosteroid treatment in severe patients with SARS-CoV-2 and chronic HBV co-infection: a retrospective multicenter study	122
Prognostic significance of chronic kidney disease and impaired renal function in Japanese patients with COVID-19	108
Skin infection by Mycobacterium farcinogenes–senegalense group in an immunocompetent patient: a case report	108
Prevalence of blaOXA-48 and other carbapenemase encoding genes among carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolates in Egypt	95
Crowdsourcing to develop open-access learning resources on antimicrobial resistance	94
Prior tuberculosis, radiographic lung abnormalities and prevalent diabetes in rural South Africa	87
YELLOW RoUTIne prospective cohort study protocol: insight in the dynamics of bacteria in the elderly bladder	81
Exploring antibiotic-induced persister formation and bacterial persistence genes in clinical isolates from Burkina Faso	80
Safety of a Novel ESAT6-CFP10 skin test compared with tuberculin skin test in a double-blind, randomized, controlled study	80
Clinical characteristics, drug resistance and death risk factors of Burkholderia cepacia infection in hematopoietic stem cell transplant patients	78
Characterizing patients with rare mucormycosis infections using real-world data	77
Prediction of incidence of neurological disorders in HIV-infected persons in Taiwan: a nested case–control study	75
A cluster randomized trial of interferon ß-1a for the reduction of transmission of SARS-Cov-2: protocol for the Containing Coronavirus Disease 19 trial (ConCorD-19)	72
Signature of chronic hepatitis B virus infection in nails and hair	70
Empirical cefepime+vancomycin versus ceftazidime+vancomycin versus meropenem+vancomycin in the treatment of healthcare-associated meningitis: results of the multicenter Ephesus study	70
Health care consequences of hospitalization with Clostrioides difficile infection: a propensity score matching study	68
Salmonella Durban meningitis: case report and genomics study	65
Development and clinical validation of a one-step pentaplex real-time reverse transcription PCR assay for detection of hepatitis virus B, C, E, Treponema pallidum, and a human housekeeping gene	64
Impact of P2Y12 inhibitors on clinical outcomes in sepsis-3 patients receiving aspirin: a propensity score matched analysis	61
Discriminant models for the prediction of postponed viral shedding time and disease progression in COVID-19	61
Infective endocarditis caused by Streptococcus sinensis diagnosed with next-generation sequencing: a case report and literature review	60

Impact of a hospital-wide computerised approach to optimise the quality of antimicrobial prescriptions in patients with severe obesity: a quasi-experimental study	58
The spatio-temporal distribution of acute encephalitis syndrome and its association with climate and landcover in Vietnam	58
Tropheryma whipplei in the stool samples of children with acute diarrhea: a study from Tehran, Iran	56
Evaluation of the multiplex PCR combined with capillary electrophoresis technique for detecting pathogenic bacteria and antibiotic resistance genes in bone infections	55
Correction to: Systematic review of invasive meningococcal disease epidemiology in the Eastern Mediterranean and North Africa region	55
Correction: Some virulence genes are associated with antibiotic susceptibility in Enterobacter cloacae complex	54
Comparing artificial neural network training algorithms to predict length of stay in hospitalized patients with COVID-19	54
Correction to: Information about the natural history of acute infections commonly seen in primary care: a systematic review of clinical practice guidelines	53
Correction to: Transmission dynamics and control of two epidemic waves of SARS-CoV-2 in South Korea	52
Correction: Isolation of virulent phages against multidrug-resistant acinetobacter baumannii recovered from inanimate objects of Jimma Medical Center, Southwest Ethiopia	52
Association between contextual factors and vaccine coverage against human papilomavirus in adolescents in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil: global spatial regressions	51
Chronic disseminated candidiasis in a patient with acute leukemia - an illustrative case and brief review for clinicians	51
Real-world effectiveness and safety of oral Azvudine versus Paxlovid for COVID-19 in patients with kidney disease: a multicenter, retrospective, cohort study	50
Malaria exposure remodels the plasma proteome of Ghanaian children	49
Evaluation of the clinical and radiological features of patients with Malignant otitis externa (MOE)	49
A longitudinal point prevalence survey of antimicrobial use and resistance in tertiary care hospitals in Kerman: results from the national Iranian multicenter point prevalence survey of antimicrobials	49
The PEP++ study protocol: a cluster-randomised controlled trial on the effectiveness of an enhanced regimen of post-exposure prophylaxis for close contacts of persons affected by leprosy to prevent di	48
Impact of water physicochemical properties on the survival of Oncomelania hupensis snails, the intermediate host of Schistosoma japonicum	48
Inequalities in measles immunization coverage among two-year-olds in Sierra Leone, 2008–2019	48
Healthcare workers’ compliance with COVID-19 prevention and control measures at De Martino Hospital, Mogadishu, Somalia: a cross-sectional study	48
Effect of degalactosylated bovine glycoprotein formulations MAF and M сapsules on lymphopenia and clinical outcomes in hospitalized COVID-19 patients: a randomized clinical trial	47
Case report: a case report and literature analysis on intestinal tuberculosis intestinal perforation complicated by umbilical intestinal fistula and bladder ileal fistula	47
Paraoxonase 1 gene (PON1) variants concerning hepatitis C virus (HCV) spontaneous clearance in hemodialysis individuals: a case–control study	47