OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Infection is 32. 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 2021-05-01 to 2025-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Emergence of Campylobacter fetus bacteraemias in the last decade, France	244
Investigation of the pathogen-specific antibody response in periprosthetic joint infection	120
Reply to: Differential diagnosis between Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus cytokine syndrome and hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis	116
Reply to: Challenges in interpreting the role of gentamicin in treatment of invasive listeriosis: immortal timebias and confounding	114
High risk of drug-resistant tuberculosis in IGRA-negative contacts: should preventive treatment be considered?	103
Analytical performance of the point-of-care BIOSYNEX COVID-19 Ag BSS for the detection of SARS‐CoV‐2 nucleocapsid protein in nasopharyngeal swabs: a prospective field evaluation during the COVID-19 th	91
Diagnostic delay in pulmonary blastomycosis: a case series reflecting a referral center experience	88
No link between the prevalence of hepatitis E virus infection and the diagnosis of schizophrenia	84
Immunity after COVID-19 and vaccination: follow-up study over 1 year among medical personnel	64
Preadmission course and management of severe pediatric group A streptococcal infections during the 2022–2023 outbreak: a single-center experience	60
Diagnosis and management of complicated urogenital schistosomiasis: a systematic review of the literature	58
Diagnostic nomogram to differentiate between epididymal tuberculosis and bacterial epididymitis	55
Rare and risky: a unique case of concurrent chronic pulmonary aspergillosis and lemierre syndrome	53
Household transmission of Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 under conditions of hybrid immunity—a prospective study in Germany	53
Outcome of Human Parainfluenza Virus infection in allogeneic stem cell transplantation recipients: possible impact of ribavirin therapy	51
Towards shortening the duration of antibiotic therapy for Lyme borreliosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis	49
Differential efficacy and safety of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibody therapies for the management of COVID-19: a systematic review and network meta-analysis	48
Point-of-care ultrasound to assess volume status and pulmonary oedema in malaria patients	46
Epidemiology and risk factors of community-acquired pneumonia in patients with different causes of immunosuppression	46
Clinical and microbiological characteristics of polymicrobial bacteremia: a retrospective, multicenter study	44
Comparing the clinical characteristics and outcomes of COVID-19-associate pulmonary aspergillosis (CAPA): a systematic review and meta-analysis	41
Risk of hemolysis in Plasmodium vivax malaria patients receiving standard primaquine treatment in a population with high prevalence of G6PD deficiency	41
Emergence and characterization of mixed Candida auris strain infections in China	41
SARS-CoV-2 spike protein: pathogenesis, vaccines, and potential therapies	39
Association of stress hyperglycemia ratio and mortality in patients with sepsis: results from 13,199 patients	39

Blazing the trail for innovative tuberculosis diagnostics	38
Experience with dalbavancin use in various gram-positive infections within Aberdeen Royal Infirmary OPAT service	37
Real-world effectiveness of sotrovimab for the treatment of SARS-CoV-2 infection during Omicron BA.2 and BA.5 subvariant predominance: a systematic literature review	34
Correction: A simple scoring algorithm predicting paravertebral and/or Iliopsoas abscess among adults with community-onset bloodstream infections: matters of PVL-producing staphylococcus aureus	33
The relationship between group A streptococcus test positivity and clinical findings in tonsillopharyngitis in children: systematic review and meta-analysis	33
SARS-CoV-2 infection in technology-dependent children: a multicenter case series	33
Klebsiella pneumoniae species complex bloodstream infection in adult patients: changing epidemiology and determinants of poor outcomes	33
High titer of antibody against the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein among patients receiving neutralizing antibody cocktail therapy with REGN-COV	32