OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Infection and Drug Resistance is 37. 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 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)

Article	Citations
Analysis of Pathogenic Bacteria and Drug Resistance Among Girls with Bacterial Vaginitis	170
Berberine: Best Alternative Medicine Insight Abating Global Challenges for Treatment of MRSA Infections – Response to Comments of Savita V Jadhav [Response to Letter]	139
Enhancing Predictive Accuracy of Pediatric COVID-19 Mortality: Integrating Clinical Indicators Beyond HCT-ALB [Letter]	137
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	132
Predicting Healthcare-Associated Infection in Patients with Pneumonia via QuantiFERON®-Monitoring	119
Knowledge, Attitudes, and Perceptions of Tuberculosis in Indonesia: A Multi-Center Cross-Sectional Study	111
Analysis of Clinical Characteristics and Risk Factors for Drug Resistance in Newly-Treated Patients with Pulmonary Tuberculosis Complicated with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	97
Coexistence of Asymptomatic Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis and Active Pulmonary Tuberculosis: Case Report	94
Novel Use of Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing in Diagnosing Streptococcus intermedius Meningitis and Ventriculitis: A Case Report and Literature Review	82
The Impact of Traditional Chinese Herbal Decoctions Combined with Rehabilitation Therapy on Pulmonary Function and Respiratory Muscle Strength in COVID-19 Recovery Patients	78
An Investigation into Diagnostic Strategies for Central Nervous System Infections Through the Integration of Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing and Conventional Diagnostic Methods	75
Isolation, and Identification of Escherichia coli O157:H7 Recovered from Chicken Meat at Addis Ababa Slaughterhouses	69
Impact of Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Prevention and Control Programmes on Antibiotic Usage and A. baumannii resistance: A 2016–2023 Multicentre Prospective Study	69
Gut Microbiota Alternation in Disease Progression of Neurosyphilis	65
Establishment and Validation of a Risk Prediction Model for Sepsis-Associated Liver Injury in ICU Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study	59
The First Case of Candida auris Detection and Infection Control in a Pediatric Bone Marrow Transplant Child Patient in Guangxi, China	53
Dual Regulatory Roles of Pannexin 1 in the Pathogenesis and Recovery of Sepsis-Induced Acute Lung Injury	52
Clinical and Microbiological Characteristics of Klebsiella pneumoniae Bloodstream Infection in a Chinese Hospital: Hypervirulent and Multiclonal	52
A Web-Based Dynamic Nomogram for Early Diagnosis in Sepsis: Development and Validation with Real-World Clinical Utility	52
Acute Hepatitis E Induced the First Episode of Immune-Mediated Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura: The First Case Report	51
Changes in Antimicrobial Resistance and Etiology of Blood Culture Isolates: Results of a Decade (2010–2019) of Surveillance in a Northern Region of Colombia	50
Pneumocystis jirovecii and Mycobacterium tuberculosis Pulmonary Coinfection in an HIV-Seronegative Patient: A Case Report and Literature Review	48
Singapore’s Dengue Outbreak Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic: Challenges, Responses, and Lessons	47
Current Status and Perspectives of Diagnosis and Treatment of Periprosthetic Joint Infection	45
Progress in the Prevalence, Classification and Drug Resistance Mechanisms of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus	43

Current Perspectives on the Diagnosis and Management of Healthcare-Associated Ventriculitis and Meningitis	43
Venous Thromboembolism and Associated Factors in Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19 at Addis Ababa COVID-19 Field Hospital, Ethiopia	43
Clinical Characteristics Associated with Poor Prognosis of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Patients Complicated with Disseminated Talaromycosis marneffei	42
oprL Gene Sequencing, Resistance Patterns, Virulence Genes, Quorum Sensing and Antibiotic Resistance Genes of XDR Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolated from Broiler Chickens	41
Trends of Rifampicin Resistance in Patients with Pulmonary Tuberculosis: A Longitudinal Analysis Based on Drug Resistance Screening in Eastern China Between 2015 and 2019	41
A Case Report of Infective Endocarditis with Failure of the Empirical Treatment—Q Fever Endocarditis Diagnosed by Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing	41
A Rare Q-Fever Infection Diagnosed Using Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing in Liver Transplantation Patient: A Case Report and Literature Review	40
Metabolomics Strategy Assisted by Transcriptomics Analysis to Identify Potential Biomarkers Associated with Tuberculosis	40
Hypervirulent Carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae Infection: Epidemiology, Virulence, Resistance, and Treatment	40
Analysis of Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Hepatitis B Among Freshmen in Jiangsu Based on Lasso-Logistic Regression and Structural Equation Model	40
Diagnostic Role of Metagenomic Next-Generation Sequencing in Tubercular Orthopedic Implant-Associated Infection	40
Trends in Antibiotic Resistance Patterns and Burden of Escherichia Coli Infections in Young Children: A Retrospective Cross-Sectional Study in Shenzhen, China from 2014–2018	38
Construction and Validation of a Nomogram Prediction Model for the Risk of Cefoperazone Sodium/Sulbactam Sodium-Related Coagulation Disorders	37
Bedaquiline Resistance and Molecular Characterization of Rifampicin-Resistant Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Isolates in Zhejiang, China	37
Development and Validation of a Nomogram to Predict Significant Liver Inflammation in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis B	37
Psittacosis Pneumonia Features, Distinguishing Characteristics, and Outcomes: A Retrospective Study	37