Infectious Diseases

Papers
(The TQCC of Infectious Diseases is 6. 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
Women report more symptoms and impaired quality of life: a survey of Finnish COVID-19 survivors29
Comparison of the clinical characteristics and outcomes of hospitalized adult COVID-19 and influenza patients – a prospective observational study29
A systematic review on the recurrence of SARS-CoV-2 virus: frequency, risk factors, and possible explanations28
Increased CD4/CD8 ratio as a risk factor for critical illness in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19): a retrospective multicentre study27
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
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
Anterior nasal versus nasal mid-turbinate sampling for a SARS-CoV-2 antigen-detecting rapid test: does localisation or professional collection matter?21
A case report of serious haemolysis in a glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase-deficient COVID-19 patient receiving hydroxychloroquine20
Mortality in hospitalized COVID-19 patients was associated with the COVID-19 admission rate during the first year of the pandemic in Sweden20
Carbapenemase-producing Enterobacterales infections in COVID-19 patients20
Low rate of COVID-19 seroconversion in health-care workers at a Department of Infectious Diseases in Sweden during the later phase of the first wave; a prospective longitudinal seroepidemiological stu19
Prolonged SARS-CoV-2 detection and reversed RT-PCR results in mild or asymptomatic patients19
Corticosteroids and tocilizumab reduce in-hospital mortality in severe COVID-19 pneumonia: a retrospective study in a Spanish hospital19
Clinical impact of human metapneumovirus infections before and during the COVID-19 pandemic18
High rate of bacterial respiratory tract co-infections upon admission amongst moderate to severe COVID-19 patients18
Convalescent plasma treatment in severely immunosuppressed patients hospitalized with COVID-19: an observational study of 28 cases17
Predominance of hospital-acquired bloodstream infection in patients with Covid-19 pneumonia17
Increased transmissibility of the alpha SARS-CoV-2 variant: evidence from contact tracing data in Oslo, January to February 202117
Association between SARS-CoV-2 and exposure risks in health care workers and university employees – a cross-sectional study16
Community use of antibiotics during the COVID-19 lockdown16
Seroprevalence and levels of IgG antibodies after COVID-19 infection or vaccination16
Pneumonia, gastrointestinal symptoms, comorbidities, and coinfections as factors related to a lengthier hospital stay in children with COVID-19—analysis of a paediatric part of Polish register SARSTer16
Head-to-head comparison of the diagnostic accuracy of Xpert MTB/RIF and Xpert MTB/RIF Ultra for tuberculosis: a meta-analysis15
Global epidemiology and changing clinical presentations of invasive meningococcal disease: a narrative review15
Size distribution of exhaled aerosol particles containing SARS-CoV-2 RNA15
Mortality from liver diseases attributable to hepatitis B and C in the EU/EEA – descriptive analysis and estimation of 2015 baseline15
Patients presenting high fever with lymphadenopathy after COVID-19 vaccination were diagnosed with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis15
Early experience with COVID-19 patients at academic hospital in Southwestern United States14
Diarrhoea in adults with coronavirus disease—beyond incidence and mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis14
Blockade of interleukin seventeen (IL-17A) with secukinumab in hospitalized COVID-19 patients – the BISHOP study14
Lessons to learn from the current pandemic for future non-pharmaceutical interventions against the respiratory syncytial virus – nationwide register-study in Finland14
SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in Portugal following the third epidemic wave: results of the second National Serological Survey (ISN2COVID-19)14
Prospective validation and comparison of COVID-GRAM, NEWS2, 4C mortality score, CURB-65 for the prediction of critical illness in COVID-19 patients14
Recurrent neurosurgical site infection by extensively drug-resistant P. aeruginosa treated with cefiderocol: a case report and literature review14
Visual scoring of chest CT at hospital admission predicts hospitalization time and intensive care admission in Covid-1913
Diagnostic accuracy of procalcitonin for bacterial pneumonia in children – a systematic review and meta-analysis13
The increasing importance of Haemophilus influenzae in community-acquired pneumonia: results from a Danish cohort study13
COVID-19 and the eye: a review13
Low morbidity in Danish patients with common variable immunodeficiency disorder infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 213
Early ICU-mortality in sepsis – causes, influencing factors and variability in clinical judgement: a retrospective cohort study13
Age-dependent effects on infectivity and susceptibility to SARS-CoV-2 infection: results from nationwide contact tracing data in Greece12
Positive RT-PCR in urine from an asymptomatic patient with novel coronavirus 2019 infection: a case report12
Covid-19 antigen testing: better than we know? A test accuracy study12
Reinfection of SARS-CoV-2 – analysis of 23 cases from the literature12
Aspirin enhances the clinical efficacy of anti-tuberculosis therapy in pulmonary tuberculosis in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus12
Diagnosis of pleural empyema/parapneumonic effusion by next-generation sequencing11
Low prevalence of tick-borne encephalitis virus antibodies in Norwegian blood donors11
Socio-economic impacts of emerging infectious diseases in Africa11
Nationwide infection control strategy lowered seasonal respiratory infection rate: occupational health care perspective during the COVID-19 epidemic in Finland11
Previous pulmonary tuberculosis enhances the risk of lung cancer: systematic reviews and meta-analysis11
Recurrent and persistent infection with SARS-CoV-2 – epidemiological data and case reports from Western Sweden, 202011
Tuberculosis relapse is more common than reinfection in Beijing, China11
Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae among kidney transplant recipients – insights on the risk of acquisition and CRE infection10
Incidence of community-onset extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae infections: an 11-year population-based study in Denmark10
Characteristics of patients discharged and readmitted after COVID-19 hospitalisation within a large integrated health system in the United States10
COVID-19 as a novel etiology of portal vein thrombosis: change in the current management concepts10
Enhancing the safety of frontline healthcare workers during coronavirus disease: a novel real-time remote audiovisual aided doffing approach10
Linezolid for therapy of Staphylococcus aureus meningitis: a cohort study of 26 patients9
Infant botulism: an underestimated threat9
Team-to-team transmission of COVID-19 in ice hockey games – a case series of players in Finnish ice hockey leagues9
Two-tiered SARS-CoV-2 seroconversion screening in the Netherlands and stability of nucleocapsid, spike protein domain 1 and neutralizing antibodies9
Post discharge positive re-tests in COVID-19: common but clinically non-significant9
The clinical impact of implementing GenMark ePlex blood culture panels for around-the-clock blood culture identification; a prospective observational study9
Data-driven estimation of change points reveals correlation between face mask use and accelerated curtailing of the first wave of the COVID-19 epidemic in Italy9
A case–control study of determinants for COVID-19 infection based on contact tracing in Dungun district, Terengganu state of Malaysia9
Infective endocarditis in pregnancy from 2009 to 2019: the consequences of injection drug use9
Clinical significance of serum miR-487b in HBV-related hepatocellular carcinoma and its potential mechanism9
Changes in testing and incidence of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae – the possible impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the three Scandinavian countries9
Blood culture-negative infective endocarditis: a worse outcome? Results from a large multicentre retrospective Spanish cohort study9
Phenotypic synergy testing of ceftazidime–avibactam with aztreonam in a university hospital having high number of metallobetalactamase producing bacteria8
Untargeted lipidomic differences between clinical strains of methicillin-sensitive and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus8
Successful treatment with a short course of remdesivir in a case of prolonged COVID-19 in a lymphoma patient8
Atypical presentation of sexually-transmitted monkeypox lesions8
Antibiotics duration guided by biomarkers in hospitalized adult patients; a systematic review and meta-analysis8
Occurrence and determinants of enterococcal bloodstream infections: a population-based study8
Waning of humoral immunity depending on the types of COVID-19 vaccine8
Contribution of NDM and OXA-type carbapenemases to carbapenem resistance in clinical Acinetobacter baumannii from Nigeria8
No evidence for vertical transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in two neonates with mothers infected in the second trimester8
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 spreaders8
Effect of a multidisciplinary team on the treatment of hip and knee prosthetic joint infections: a single-centre study of 154 infections8
Lower plasma calcium associated with COVID-19, but not with disease severity: a two-centre retrospective cohort study8
Uncomplicated urinary tract infection in primary health care: presentation and clinical outcome7
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia bacteraemia: 61 cases in a tertiary hospital in Denmark7
A study of SARS-CoV-2 epidemiology in Italy: from early days to secondary effects after social distancing7
Serum levels of neurofilament light chain, neuron-specific enolase and S100 calcium-binding protein B during acute bacterial meningitis: a prospective cohort study7
Antibiotic resistance among major pathogens compared to hospital treatment guidelines and antibiotic use in Nordic hospitals 2010–20187
Dermatologists may need to pay more attention to herpes zoster during the pandemic of COVID-197
Splenectomy and risk of COVID-19 infection, hospitalisation, and death7
Cytokine production and outcome in MDR versus non-MDR gram-negative bacteraemia and sepsis7
Best management of patients with an acute sore throat – a critical analysis of current evidence and a consensus of experts from different countries and traditions7
Low pre-vaccination SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in Finnish health care workers: a prospective cohort study7
SARS-CoV-2 late shedding may be infectious between immunocompromised hosts7
Immunobiology and nanotherapeutics of severe acute respiratory syndrome 2 (SARS-CoV-2): a current update7
Clinical and genomic characterisation of a fatal Puumala orthohantavirus case with low levels of neutralising antibodies7
Validation of a risk score to predict patients at risk of critical illness with COVID-197
Changing indications for liver transplant: slow decline of hepatitis viruses in Italy7
Impact of the lockdown on the burden of COVID-19 in outpatient care in France, spring 20207
Exosomes: from biology to immunotherapy in infectious diseases7
Q fever vertebral osteomyelitis among adults: a case series and literature review7
Synergistic activities of ceftazidime-avibactam in combination with different antibiotics against colistin-nonsusceptible clinical strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa6
Contagiousness in treated HIV-1 infection6
Laboratory abnormalities related to prolonged hospitalization in COVID-196
Safety and outcomes of an early discharge strategy with oxygen home therapy in stable severe COVID-19 patients6
Rosuvastatin decreases serum inflammatory markers and slows atherosclerosis progression rate in treated HIV-infected patients with metabolic syndrome6
Lower serum alpha 1 antitrypsin levels in patients with severe COVID-19 compared with patients hospitalized due to non-COVID-19 pneumonia6
Global trends, regional differences and age distribution for the incidence of HIV and tuberculosis co-infection from 1990 to 2019: results from the global burden of disease study 20196
Predictors and characteristics of post-acute COVID-19 syndrome in healthcare workers6
Excess deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic in Iran6
Parvovirus B19 in kidney transplantation: key points and essential pitfalls to know6
SARS-COV-2 seroprevalence among all healthcare workers in a tertiary hospital in Spain6
Persistence of antibodies for measles among vaccinated medical students in Italy6
Blood group O is associated with post-COVID-19 syndrome in outpatients with a low comorbidity index6
Mortality of COVID-19 is associated with comorbidity in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease6
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 care6
Characteristics of patients with ST-segment elevated myocardial infarction (STEMI) at the initial stage of the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review and meta-analysis6
Time to positivity of blood cultures in bloodstream infections with Streptococcus dysgalactiae and association with outcome6
Evaluation of anti-nucleocapsid level variation to assess SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in a vaccinated population6
Antibody levels remain high to one-year’s follow-up after moderate and severe COVID-19, but not after mild cases6
Adjunctive treatment with high-titre convalescent plasma in severely and critically ill COVID-19 patients – a safe but futile intervention. A comparative cohort study6
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