OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of BMC Infectious Diseases is 40. 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 2022-05-01 to 2026-05-01.)

Article	Citations
Risk factors for SARS-CoV-2 seropositivity in a health care worker population during the early pandemic	235
Empirical cefepime+vancomycin versus ceftazidime+vancomycin versus meropenem+vancomycin in the treatment of healthcare-associated meningitis: results of the multicenter Ephesus study	154
Prior tuberculosis, radiographic lung abnormalities and prevalent diabetes in rural South Africa	94
Health care consequences of hospitalization with Clostrioides difficile infection: a propensity score matching study	90
Model correction of diagnostic coding-based RSV incidence for children 0–4 years in the US	87
Atypical rat bite fever associated with knee joint infection in a Chinese patient: a case report	80
Molecular and serological investigation of hepatitis B virus in patients with acute undifferentiated febrile illness at Tha Song Yang hospital, Tak Province, Thailand	70
A longitudinal point prevalence survey of antimicrobial use and resistance in tertiary care hospitals in Kerman: results from the national Iranian multicenter point prevalence survey of antimicrobials	68
Safety of a Novel ESAT6-CFP10 skin test compared with tuberculin skin test in a double-blind, randomized, controlled study	65
Skin infection by Mycobacterium farcinogenes–senegalense group in an immunocompetent patient: a case report	63
Development of an early prediction model for risk of influenza A and influenza B based on complete blood count examination	60
Long-term trends of visceral leishmaniasis incidence and mortality in India 1990–2019: an application of joinpoint and age-period-cohort analysis	59
The epidemiology of hepatitis b virus infection in Uganda after two decades of vaccination: a meta-analysis and meta-regression	58
A systematic review and meta-analysis of Plasmodium infections and erythrocyte sedimentation rate in relation to disease severity	55
Bisphosphoglycerate mutase predicts myocardial dysfunction and adverse outcome in sepsis: an observational cohort study	53
Characterization of antimicrobial resistance among Proteus mirabilis isolates from catheter-associated urinary tract infections and non-catheter-associated urinary tract infections in Egypt	52
Epidemiology, resistance profiles, and risk factors of multidrug-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae: experience from a low- and middle-income country	52
Rapid expansion of human brucellosis in Yunnan, China	51
Prevalence of diarrheal disease and its determinants among children under five in East Africa: systematic review and meta-analysis	51
Eikenella corrodens and Parvimonas micra purulent pericarditis following oral fish bone impaction: a case report	50
Viral etiology of acute respiratory infections in Sub-Saharan Africa during the pre-COVID-19 period (2006–2019): a systematic review and meta-analysis	49
Increased risk during winter: common respiratory viruses and clinical outcomes in hospitalized children	49
Combined detection of monocyte distribution width and procalcitonin for diagnosing and prognosing neonatal sepsis	48
Factors affecting availability of HIV viral load/early infant diagnosis point of care testing commodities and performance of testing platforms in public health facilities in Masaka region, Uganda	48
Relapsing bronchopneumonia due to community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus: a case report	47

Intestinal parasitic infections and their potential risk factors among prison inmates in Valencia, Spain	47
UNAIDS 95-95-95 targets in older people living with HIV in urban and rural KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa	46
Diagnostic accuracy of procalcitonin in adult non-neutropenic cancer patients with suspected infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis	46
Development and clinical validation of a one-step pentaplex real-time reverse transcription PCR assay for detection of hepatitis virus B, C, E, Treponema pallidum, and a human housekeeping gene	45
Malaria exposure remodels the plasma proteome of Ghanaian children	45
Association between serum vitamins and COVID-19 infection: a cross-sectional study of healthcare workers in a Nigerian tertiary hospital	45
Demographic profile, unplanned status and intraoperative situations increase surgical site infection in cesarean delivery: conclusions from a prospective study in central India	45
Infective endocarditis caused by Streptococcus sinensis diagnosed with next-generation sequencing: a case report and literature review	44
Prevalence and pattern of transfusion transmitted infections among blood donors visiting a tertiary care hospital, Pakistan	43
Distribution of antimicrobial resistance genes and virulence genes in different genotypes of Acinetobacter baumannii	43
Dual diagnosis of neurobrucellosis and Anti-LGI1 encephalitis: a rare case report	42
Efficacy of dolutegravir-based therapy in achieving virological suppression in PLHIV in low- and middle-income countries: real-world evidence from a large clinical cohort in Cameroon	42
Assessing seropositivity of MMR antibodies in individuals aged 2–22: evaluating routine vaccination effectiveness after the 2003 mass campaign-a study from Iran’s National Measles Laboratory	41
Clinical utility of oral Nemonoxacin 500 mg once daily for the treatment of acute lower urinary tract infections: a prospective open-label, multicenter study	41
Efficacy of cefoperazone-sulbactam as a component of combination therapy for carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii bloodstream infection in intensive care units: a multicenter retrospective pro	40