OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Infection and Drug Resistance is 38. 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 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
Berberine: Best Alternative Medicine Insight Abating Global Challenges for Treatment of MRSA Infections – Response to Comments of Savita V Jadhav [Response to Letter]	214
Analysis of Pathogenic Bacteria and Drug Resistance Among Girls with Bacterial Vaginitis	152
Novel Use of Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing in Diagnosing Streptococcus intermedius Meningitis and Ventriculitis: A Case Report and Literature Review	140
Coexistence of Asymptomatic Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis and Active Pulmonary Tuberculosis: Case Report	124
The Impact of Traditional Chinese Herbal Decoctions Combined with Rehabilitation Therapy on Pulmonary Function and Respiratory Muscle Strength in COVID-19 Recovery Patients	117
An Investigation into Diagnostic Strategies for Central Nervous System Infections Through the Integration of Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing and Conventional Diagnostic Methods	114
Enhancing Predictive Accuracy of Pediatric COVID-19 Mortality: Integrating Clinical Indicators Beyond HCT-ALB [Letter]	109
Retrospective Analysis of Factors Influencing Clinical Outcomes of Revision Surgery for Periprosthetic Infection After Unicondylar Knee Arthroplasty	105
Molecular Characteristics, Antimicrobial Susceptibility, Biofilm-Forming Ability of Clinically Invasive Staphylococcus aureus Isolates [Corrigendum]	82
Predictive Value of Combination of Procalcitonin and Predisposition, Infection, Response, and Organ Dysfunction (PIRO) System in Septic Patients with Positive Blood Cultures in the Emergency Departmen	80
Predicting Healthcare-Associated Infection in Patients with Pneumonia via QuantiFERON®-Monitoring	74
Establishment and Validation of a Risk Prediction Model for Sepsis-Associated Liver Injury in ICU Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study	72
The First Case of Candida auris Detection and Infection Control in a Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant Child Patient in Guangxi, China	69
Ten-Year Analysis of Pathogenic Factors and Etiological Characteristics of Endophthalmitis from a Tertiary Eye Center in North China	66
Comparison of Anti-Microbic and Anti-Biofilm Activity Among Tedizolid and Radezolid Against Linezolid-Resistant Enterococcus faecalis Isolates	65
Impact of Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Prevention and Control Programmes on Antibiotic Usage and A. baumannii resistance: A 2016–2023 Multicentre Prospective Study	64
Can Platelets/Mean Platelet Volume Accurately Diagnose Periprosthetic Joint Infection? Revealing Their Actual Diagnostic Efficacy	61
Risk Factors for Development and Mortality of Carbapenem-Resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa Bloodstream Infection in a Chinese Teaching Hospital: A Seven-Year Retrospective Study	58
Case Report: Nanopore Sequencing-Based Detection of Pulmonary Nocardiosis Caused by Nocardia Otitidiscaviarum in an Immunocompetent Patient	57
Higher Genotyping Performance of the Applied Biosystems TaqPath Seq HIV-1 Genotyping Kit Against ViroSeq HIV-1 Genotyping Kit in HIV Protease, Reverse Transcriptase, and Integrase Regions	52
Bedaquiline Resistance and Molecular Characterization of Rifampicin-Resistant Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Isolates in Zhejiang, China	50
Emergence of a Multidrug-Resistant Escherichia coli Co-Carrying a New mcr-1.33 Variant and blaNDM-5 Genes Recovered from a Urinary Tract Infection	50
Genetic Diversity and Acquired Drug Resistance Mutations Detected by Deep Sequencing in Virologic Failures among Antiretroviral Treatment Experienced Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 Patients in a Pasto	49
Comparison of Phenotypic and Genotypic Patterns of Antimicrobial-Resistant Bacteroides fragilis Group Isolated from Healthy Individuals in Vietnam and Japan	49
Diagnostic Role of Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing in Tubercular Orthopedic Implant-Associated Infection	48

Metabolomics Strategy Assisted by Transcriptomics Analysis to Identify Potential Biomarkers Associated with Tuberculosis	45
Construction and Validation of a Nomogram Prediction Model for the Risk of Cefoperazone Sodium/Sulbactam Sodium-Related Coagulation Disorders	45
Risk Factors for Cefoperazone/Sulbactam-Induced Coagulation Disorder	42
A Rare Q-Fever Infection Diagnosed Using Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing in Liver Transplantation Patient: A Case Report and Literature Review	42
Prevalence and Antimicrobial Sensitivity Patterns of Uropathogens in Wad Medani, Sudan: A Three Year, Cross-Sectional Study [Response to Letter]	41
Evaluation of the Performance of a Multiplex Real-Time PCR Assay for the Identification of Aspergillus, Cryptococcus neoformans, and Pneumocystis jirovecii Simultaneously from Sputum in Multicenter	41
Performance of Interferon-γ Release Assays in Patients with Mycobacterium kansasii Infection	40
The Distribution, Drug Susceptibility, and Dynamic Trends of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Infection in a Tertiary Hospital in China During 2016‒2022	39
Clinical Features of Patients with COVID-19 Recurrence During Hospitalization in the Omicron Variant Surge	39
18β-Glycyrrhetinic Acid Alleviates P. multocida-Induced Vascular Endothelial Inflammation by PARP1-Mediated NF-κB and HMGB1 Signalling Suppression in PIEC Cells	39
Knowledge, Attitudes, and Educational Gaps About Vaccination in Chinese Medical Students and Residents: A Pilot Study from a Single Tertiary Referral Center	39
Risk Factors for Carbapenem Resistant Gram Negative Bacteria (CR-GNB) Carriage Upon Admission to the Gastroenterology Department in a Tertiary First Class Hospital of China: Development and Assessment	38
Trends of Rifampicin Resistance in Patients with Pulmonary Tuberculosis: A Longitudinal Analysis Based on Drug Resistance Screening in Eastern China Between 2015 and 2019	38