OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of BMC Infectious Diseases is 39. 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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)

Article	Citations
Risk factors for SARS-CoV-2 seropositivity in a health care worker population during the early pandemic	163
Empirical cefepime+vancomycin versus ceftazidime+vancomycin versus meropenem+vancomycin in the treatment of healthcare-associated meningitis: results of the multicenter Ephesus study	98
Prior tuberculosis, radiographic lung abnormalities and prevalent diabetes in rural South Africa	93
Model correction of diagnostic coding-based RSV incidence for children 0–4 years in the US	89
Atypical rat bite fever associated with knee joint infection in a Chinese patient: a case report	80
Molecular and serological investigation of hepatitis B virus in patients with acute undifferentiated febrile illness at Tha Song Yang hospital, Tak Province, Thailand	73
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	71
Dual diagnosis of neurobrucellosis and Anti-LGI1 encephalitis: a rare case report	68
Assessing seropositivity of MMR antibodies in individuals aged 2–22: evaluating routine vaccination effectiveness after the 2003 mass campaign-a study from Iran’s National Measles Laboratory	66
Clinical utility of oral Nemonoxacin 500 mg once daily for the treatment of acute lower urinary tract infections: a prospective open-label, multicenter study	61
High Concordance between Vaginal Samples and Cervical Samples of Human Papillomavirus in Women Living with HIV in Rwanda	60
Reactogenicity within the first week after Sinopharm, Sputnik V, AZD1222, and COVIran Barekat vaccines: findings from the Iranian active vaccine surveillance system	55
Understanding causes of incomplete reports of adverse drug reactions associated with dolutegravir-based HIV treatment in uganda: a qualitative study	55
Prognostic significance of chronic kidney disease and impaired renal function in Japanese patients with COVID-19	54
Genetic variation of TLR3 gene is associated with the outcome of hepatitis b infection in mauritanian patients: case control study	54
Can inverse probability treatment weighting (IPTW) be used to assess differences of CRBSI rates between non-tunneled femoral and jugular CVCs in PICU patients?	54
Safety of a Novel ESAT6-CFP10 skin test compared with tuberculin skin test in a double-blind, randomized, controlled study	52
Development of an early prediction model for risk of influenza A and influenza B based on complete blood count examination	51
Long-term trends of visceral leishmaniasis incidence and mortality in India 1990–2019: an application of joinpoint and age-period-cohort analysis	50
A systematic review and meta-analysis of Plasmodium infections and erythrocyte sedimentation rate in relation to disease severity	49
The epidemiology of hepatitis b virus infection in Uganda after two decades of vaccination: a meta-analysis and meta-regression	49
Bisphosphoglycerate mutase predicts myocardial dysfunction and adverse outcome in sepsis: an observational cohort study	48
Epidemiology, resistance profiles, and risk factors of multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae: experience from a low- and middle-income country	48
A case of panophthalmitis with orbital infection of polymicrobial origin	47
Stigma of People Affected by Leprosy and its determinants: a cross-sectional study in Sri Lanka	47

Corticosteroid treatment in severe patients with SARS-CoV-2 and chronic HBV co-infection: a retrospective multicenter study	47
Unravelling butyrate metabolism in sepsis: identification of key genes	46
Incidence of serious respiratory tract infections and associated characteristics in a population exposed to immunosuppressive therapies: a register-based population study	45
Evaluation of the multiplex PCR combined with capillary electrophoresis technique for detecting pathogenic bacteria and antibiotic resistance genes in bone infections	45
Effect of methylprednisolone vs hydrocortisone on 30-day mortality in critically ill adults with septic shock: an analysis of the MIMIC-IV database	45
Mitigating the risks of post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 infection (PASC) with intranasal chlorpheniramine: perspectives from the ACCROS studies	44
The value of lung ultrasound in COVID-19 pneumonia, verified by high resolution computed tomography assessed by artificial intelligence	43
Patterns of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae in different anatomical sites among Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) users in Brazil	43
Mortality due to schistosomiasis in an endemic area of Brazil: a population-based ecological study	42
Rubella seroprevalence among women of childbearing age in Tunis, Tunisia	42
Comparing artificial neural network training algorithms to predict length of stay in hospitalized patients with COVID-19	42
Relapsing bronchopneumonia due to community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: a case report	41
Malaria exposure remodels the plasma proteome of Ghanaian children	40
Combined detection of monocyte distribution width and procalcitonin for diagnosing and prognosing neonatal sepsis	40
Demographic profile, unplanned status and intraoperative situations increase surgical site infection in cesarean delivery: conclusions from a prospective study in central India	39
Distribution of antimicrobial resistance genes and virulence genes in different genotypes of Acinetobacter baumannii	39
Association between serum vitamins and COVID-19 infection: a cross-sectional study of healthcare workers in a Nigerian tertiary hospital	39