OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Infectious Diseases is 5. 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
Spontaneous psoas haematoma: a life-threatening complication of anticoagulation in COVID-19. A case series of four episodes	898
Carbapenemase production and in-hospital mortality associated with multidrug-resistant bacteria: a retrospective study conducted in Granada, Spain	56
Long-term risk of HCC in a DAA-treated national hepatitis C cohort, and a proposed risk score	43
Helminthiasis and mpox vaccination: challenges in Sub-Saharan Africa	32
Acyclovir treatment of varicella-zoster virus meningeal infections and acute kidney injury: a multicentre case series study	30
SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in Portugal following the third epidemic wave: results of the second National Serological Survey (ISN2COVID-19)	30
Follow-up evaluation for norovirus asymptomatic infection among healthy adults: a prospective matched cohort study	26
Invasive procedures and risk of brain abscess: a nationwide, population-based case-control study	26
Is body height a prognostic marker for outcome of tuberculosis treatment?	26
Clinical profile and risk factors for mortality in children admitted with diphtheria: an observational study	25
Anti-nucleocapsid level variation to assess SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence: comment	24
Cerebrospinal fluid CXCL13 in non-borrelial central nervous system infections: contribution of CXCL13 to the differential diagnosis	23
The descriptive epidemiology of adverse events following two doses of mRNA COVID-19 vaccination in Curaçao, the Caribbean	21
Delta in Denmark: prevalence of hepatitis delta virus infection	21
Risk of COVID-19 hospitalisation by HIV-status and SARS-CoV-2 vaccination status during pre- and post-Omicron era in a national register-based cohort study in Sweden	19
Similar incidence of S. aureus infection in diabetic patients with and without nasal colonisation	17
Bacteraemia and infective endocarditis withStreptococcus bovis-Streptococcus equinus-complex: a retrospective cohort study	17
Risk factors of septic shock development and thirty-day mortality with a predictive model in adult candidemia patients in intensive care units	17
Lower antibiotic prescription rates in hospitalized COVID-19 patients than influenza patients, a prospective study	16
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 Sweden	16
Operational feasibility and multi-centric evaluation of ‘TB Detect sputum microscopy kit’ for the direct detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis	16
Convalescent plasma treatment in severely immunosuppressed patients hospitalized with COVID-19: an observational study of 28 cases	15
Long-term neurological and neurocognitive impairments after tick-borne encephalitis in Lithuania - a prospective study	15
RT-PCR cycle threshold value in combination with visual scoring of chest computed tomography at hospital admission predicts outcome in COVID-19	14
A nationwide evaluation of antibiotics consumption in Swedish intensive care units	14

Comparison of rapid molecular testing methods for detecting respiratory viruses in emergency care: a prospective study	14
Impact of Omicron variant sublineage BA.2.75 on the OnSite COVID-19 Ag Rapid Test: the applicability of rapid antigen test with universal transport media	14
Low incidence of severe bacterial infections in hospitalised patients with COVID-19: A population-based registry study	13
Seroprevalence and levels of IgG antibodies after COVID-19 infection or vaccination	13
The possible role of serum bactericidal titres in long-term suppressive antibiotic treatment for infective endocarditis: report of three cases	13
Influenza-associated invasive aspergillosis in patients admitted to the intensive care unit in Sweden: a prospective multicentre cohort study	13
Post-acute midterm follow-up cardiac MRI findings and clinical outcomes in patients with COVID-19 vaccine-associated myocarditis: a comprehensive systematic review and meta-analysis	12
Tuberculosis in migrants: epidemiology, resistance and outcome in Milan, Italy	12
Effect of a multidisciplinary team on the treatment of hip and knee prosthetic joint infections: a single-centre study of 154 infections	12
Antibiotic appropriateness for Gram-negative bloodstream infections: impact of infectious disease consultation	12
Immunobiology and nanotherapeutics of severe acute respiratory syndrome 2 (SARS-CoV-2): a current update	11
On the avian influenza A (H7N5) outbreak: let’s not underestimate the less famous subtypes	11
HPV-16 E6 mutation and viral integration related host DNA methylation implicate the development and progression of cervical cancer	11
Effect of COVID-19 on tuberculosis notification in Johor Bahru, Malaysia	11
SARS-COV-2 seroprevalence among all healthcare workers in a tertiary hospital in Spain	11
Gentamicin associated nephrotoxicity under antibiotic stewardship program handling	11
Characteristics of patients discharged and readmitted after COVID-19 hospitalisation within a large integrated health system in the United States	11
Genetic diversity and impact of vaccination on influenza A (H1N1)pdm09 in Mar del Plata, Argentina: a 2015–2020 molecular epidemiological study	11
Covid-19 reinfection – what could the absence of evidence suggest?	10
Environmental contamination of Opisthorchis viverrini eggs and its impact on transmission control in rural northeast Thailand	10
Trends in decision-making by primary care physicians regarding common infectious complaints	10
Molecular epidemiology and evolution of norovirus in Australia and New Zealand, 2018 to 2020	10
The value of lamp to rule out imported malaria diagnosis: a retrospective observational study in Milan, Italy	9
Dissecting the dynamics of SARS-CoV-2 reinfections in blood donors with pauci- or asymptomatic COVID-19 disease course at initial infection	9
Safety and outcomes of an early discharge strategy with oxygen home therapy in stable severe COVID-19 patients	9
Short- versus prolonged-course antibiotic therapy for sepsis or infectious diseases in critically ill adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis	9
Development and validation of a predictive model to determine the level of care in patients confirmed with COVID-19	9
Infective endocarditis caused by Gemella – a retrospective registry-based study	8
Long-term linguistic outcome in adults with congenital cytomegalovirus infection	8
High SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in blood donors from Romania after the third COVID-19 pandemic wave	8
Analysing the impact of comorbid conditions and media coverage on online symptom search data: a novel AI-based approach for COVID-19 tracking	8
Commentary on ‘incidence, antimicrobial resistance, and mortality of Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteraemia in shanghai, China, 2018–2022’	8
Epidemiology and antibiotic susceptibility in anaerobic bacteraemia: a 15-year retrospective study in South-Eastern Hungary	8
The rising concern of Oropouche fever: a call for enhanced surveillance and research in emerging arboviral threats	8
Factors associated with hospitalization and mortality in adult and pediatric extrapulmonary tuberculosis at a tertiary care hospital in Central India	8
Clinical, epidemiological, and molecular investigation of Kyasanur forest disease from Karnataka state, India during 2018-2019	8
Emerging trends and insights in acute flaccid myelitis: a comprehensive review of neurologic manifestations	8
Molecular characterization of Staphylococcus aureus isolates derived from severe pneumonia: a retrospective monocentre study	8
Temporal trends in 90-day survival of hospitalised individuals during two years of the COVID-19 pandemic in Denmark	8
Increasing trend in enterococcal bacteraemia and vancomycin resistance in a tertiary care hospital in Croatia, 2017–2021	8
Endocarditis and the impact of intravenous drug use: a cohort study	8
Changes in testing and incidence of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae – the possible impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the three Scandinavian countries	8
Impact of antibiotic therapy in patients with respiratory viral infections: a retrospective cohort study	8
High levels of discordant antimicrobial therapy in hospital-acquired bloodstream infections is associated with increased mortality in an intensive care, low antimicrobial resistance setting	7
Prophylaxis and treatment of HIV infection in pregnancy, Swedish guidelines 2024	7
Syndromic testing for respiratory pathogens but not National Early Warning Score can be used to identify viral cause in hospitalised adults with lower respiratory tract infections	7
Plasma Mycobacterium tuberculosis cell-free DNA assay: a diagnostic tool for tuberculosis lymphadenitis	7
Vertebral osteomyelitis: a comparative, single-center study in northwestern China	7
Sepsis-related mortality: long-term trends in Northeastern Italy, including pandemic years	7
Characterization of a Bulgarian VIM-2 metallo-β-lactamase-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolate belonging to the high-risk sequence type 111	7

Point of care antibody detection assays for past SARS-CoV-2 infection are accurate over the time	7
Measles in Czech population with varying vaccination rates in 2018–2019: clinical and laboratory differences between vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals and their relevance to clinical practice	7
SARS-CoV-2 late shedding may be infectious between immunocompromised hosts	7
The peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor γ coactivator-1 alpha rs8192678 (Gly482Ser) variant and hepatitis B virus clearance	7
Features of post-obstructive pneumonia in advanced lung cancer patients, a large retrospective cohort	6
Successful treatment with a short course of remdesivir in a case of prolonged COVID-19 in a lymphoma patient	6
Case series of Candida albicans spondylodiscitis and a brief review of the literature	6
SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence and associated risk factors in adult outpatients from Western Romania	6
Assessment of the feasibility of pool testing for SARS-CoV-2 infection screening	6
Heterogeneity in the seroprevalence of hepatitis E virus among hospital attendees: a retrospective study in Shanghai, China	6
Treatment effect modifiers in hospitalised patients with COVID-19 receiving remdesivir and dexamethasone	6
Predictive scores failing at identifying psychiatric disabilities following childhood bacterial meningitis calls for revision of current follow-up guidelines	6
Covid-19 antigen testing: better than we know? A test accuracy study	6
Immunity waning after COVID vaccine booster vs. infection—better than expected	6
Host response signature trends in bacteraemia – authors’ response	6
Time to positivity of blood cultures in bloodstream infections with Streptococcus dysgalactiae and association with outcome	6
National trends in pneumonia-related mortality in the United States, 1999-2019	6
Real life treatment experience and outcome of consecutively hospitalised patients with SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia by Omicron-1 vs Delta variants	6
Infant botulism: an underestimated threat	6
Increased SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in healthy blood donors after the second pandemic wave in South-Eastern Italy: evidence for asymptomatic young donors as potential virus spreaders	6
Best management of patients with an acute sore throat is still best management for these patients	6
60-day mortality and the role of SARS-CoV-2 in hospital admissions of immunocompromised patients during later Omicron period: a population-based study in Sweden	5
Effects of implementing a vaccination tool in the electronic medical record on vaccination coverage of patients with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases: a prospective cohort study	5
Equal effect of vancomycin lock with or without heparin in treatment of central venous catheter related blood stream infections – an observational study in palliative home care	5
Cases of SARS-CoV-2 reinfection with Omicron BA.2 post breakthrough infection with Delta and Kappa variants	5
Synergistic efficacy of ceftazidime/avibactam and aztreonam against carbapenemase-producing Pseudomonas aeruginosa : insights from the hollow-fiber infection model	5
Iranian patients co-infected with COVID-19 and mucormycosis: the most common predisposing factor, clinical outcomes, laboratory markers and diagnosis, and drug therapies	5
Heart transplantation as salvage treatment of intractable infective endocarditis	5
Veterinarians and zoonotic pathogens, infections and diseases – questionnaire study and case series, Finland	5
The cascade of care for pregnant women with latent tuberculosis infection in a high-income country	5
CD8 ⁺ T cell response in QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus testing was associated with tuberculosis recurrence: a 2-year prospective study	5
Genetic analyses and vaccinating risk groups against H5 avian influenza highlight the need for a duty-based code of professional ethics	5
Recombinant parechovirus A3 possibly causes various clinical manifestations, including myalgia; findings in Yamagata, Japan in 2019	5
Duration from start of antibiotic exposure to onset of Clostridioides difficile infection for different antibiotics in a non-outbreak setting	5
Waning of humoral immunity depending on the types of COVID-19 vaccine	5
Socio-economic impacts of emerging infectious diseases in Africa	5
Hepcidin predicts 5-year mortality after community-acquired pneumonia	5
Diagnostic accuracy of CT for COVID-19 Re: Diagnostic accuracy of screening tests for patients suspected of COVID-19, a retrospective cohort study	5
Host response signature trends in persistent bacteraemia and metastatic infection due to Staphylococcus aureus and Gram-negative bacilli: a prospective multicentre obser	5
Excess deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran	5
Asynchronous video supported treatment of tuberculosis is well adopted in a real-world setting – an observational study comparing two distinct applications	5
Nontuberculous mycobacterial infections in a Danish region between 2011 and 2021: evaluation of trends in diagnostic codes	5
Impact of infectious diseases consultation among patients with infections caused by gram-negative rod bacteria: a systematic literature review and meta-analysis	5
Antibiotic resistance among major pathogens compared to hospital treatment guidelines and antibiotic use in Nordic hospitals 2010–2018	5