Infectious Diseases

Papers
(The H4-Index of Infectious Diseases is 22. 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 2020-05-01 to 2024-05-01.)
ArticleCitations
Long COVID or post-COVID-19 syndrome: putative pathophysiology, risk factors, and treatments691
Few bacterial co-infections but frequent empiric antibiotic use in the early phase of hospitalized patients with COVID-19: results from a multicentre retrospective cohort study in The Netherlands111
Previous and active tuberculosis increases risk of death and prolongs recovery in patients with COVID-1987
Risk factors for disease progression in hospitalized patients with COVID-19: a retrospective cohort study76
Predictive value of National Early Warning Score 2 (NEWS2) for intensive care unit admission in patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection75
Effectiveness of surgical, KF94, and N95 respirator masks in blocking SARS-CoV-2: a controlled comparison in 7 patients47
Time course of anosmia and dysgeusia in patients with mild SARS-CoV-2 infection46
In-flight transmission cluster of COVID-19: a retrospective case series44
Registered clinical trials investigating treatment of long COVID: a scoping review and recommendations for research43
N-acetyl-cysteine reduces the risk for mechanical ventilation and mortality in patients with COVID-19 pneumonia: a two-center retrospective cohort study36
Lombardy, Northern Italy: COVID-19 second wave less severe and deadly than the first? A preliminary investigation32
Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 variant B.1.1.7 among vaccinated health care workers30
Covid-19 in kidney transplant recipients: a systematic review of the case series available three months into the pandemic30
Comparison of the clinical characteristics and outcomes of hospitalized adult COVID-19 and influenza patients – a prospective observational study29
Women report more symptoms and impaired quality of life: a survey of Finnish COVID-19 survivors29
A systematic review on the recurrence of SARS-CoV-2 virus: frequency, risk factors, and possible explanations28
Re-infection by COVID-19: a real threat for the future management of pandemia?27
High level of protection against COVID-19 after two doses of BNT162b2 vaccine in the working age population – first results from a cohort study in Southern Sweden27
Increased CD4/CD8 ratio as a risk factor for critical illness in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): a retrospective multicentre study27
Diagnostic accuracy of nasopharyngeal swab, nasal swab and saliva swab samples for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 using RT-PCR25
Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia in an immunocompetent patient recovered from COVID-1923
Male predominance in disease severity and mortality in a low Covid-19 epidemic and low case-fatality area – a population-based registry study23
Remdesivir for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): a systematic review with meta-analysis and trial sequential analysis of randomized controlled trials22
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