OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of BMC Infectious Diseases is 41. 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
Risk factors for SARS-CoV-2 seropositivity in a health care worker population during the early pandemic	216
State transitions across the Strep A disease spectrum: scoping review and evidence gaps	110
Patterns of Chlamydia trachomatis and Neisseria gonorrhoeae in different anatomical sites among Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) users in Brazil	108
Corticosteroid treatment in severe patients with SARS-CoV-2 and chronic HBV co-infection: a retrospective multicenter study	95
Prognostic significance of chronic kidney disease and impaired renal function in Japanese patients with COVID-19	83
Skin infection by Mycobacterium farcinogenes–senegalense group in an immunocompetent patient: a case report	77
Prevalence of blaOXA-48 and other carbapenemase encoding genes among carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa clinical isolates in Egypt	77
Prior tuberculosis, radiographic lung abnormalities and prevalent diabetes in rural South Africa	74
Crowdsourcing to develop open-access learning resources on antimicrobial resistance	74
YELLOW RoUTIne prospective cohort study protocol: insight in the dynamics of bacteria in the elderly bladder	73
Safety of a Novel ESAT6-CFP10 skin test compared with tuberculin skin test in a double-blind, randomized, controlled study	65
Exploring antibiotic-induced persister formation and bacterial persistence genes in clinical isolates from Burkina Faso	65
Clinical characteristics, drug resistance and death risk factors of Burkholderia cepacia infection in hematopoietic stem cell transplant patients	64
Signature of chronic hepatitis B virus infection in nails and hair	63
Empirical cefepime+vancomycin versus ceftazidime+vancomycin versus meropenem+vancomycin in the treatment of healthcare-associated meningitis: results of the multicenter Ephesus study	59
Health care consequences of hospitalization with Clostrioides difficile infection: a propensity score matching study	58
Salmonella Durban meningitis: case report and genomics study	58
Discriminant models for the prediction of postponed viral shedding time and disease progression in COVID-19	58
Impact of P2Y12 inhibitors on clinical outcomes in sepsis-3 patients receiving aspirin: a propensity score matched analysis	57
Infective endocarditis caused by Streptococcus sinensis diagnosed with next-generation sequencing: a case report and literature review	56
Impact of a hospital-wide computerised approach to optimise the quality of antimicrobial prescriptions in patients with severe obesity: a quasi-experimental study	54
Evaluation of the multiplex PCR combined with capillary electrophoresis technique for detecting pathogenic bacteria and antibiotic resistance genes in bone infections	53
Correction to: Systematic review of invasive meningococcal disease epidemiology in the Eastern Mediterranean and North Africa region	53
Tropheryma whipplei in the stool samples of children with acute diarrhea: a study from Tehran, Iran	53
Comparing artificial neural network training algorithms to predict length of stay in hospitalized patients with COVID-19	52

Correction to: Information about the natural history of acute infections commonly seen in primary care: a systematic review of clinical practice guidelines	52
Chronic disseminated candidiasis in a patient with acute leukemia - an illustrative case and brief review for clinicians	52
Real-world effectiveness and safety of oral Azvudine versus Paxlovid for COVID-19 in patients with kidney disease: a multicenter, retrospective, cohort study	51
Association between contextual factors and vaccine coverage against human papilomavirus in adolescents in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil: global spatial regressions	51
Evaluation of the clinical and radiological features of patients with Malignant otitis externa (MOE)	50
Malaria exposure remodels the plasma proteome of Ghanaian children	49
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	48
Inequalities in measles immunization coverage among two-year-olds in Sierra Leone, 2008–2019	47
Impact of water physicochemical properties on the survival of Oncomelania hupensis snails, the intermediate host of Schistosoma japonicum	47
The PEP++ study protocol: a cluster-randomised controlled trial on the effectiveness of an enhanced regimen of post-exposure prophylaxis for close contacts of persons affected by leprosy to prevent di	45
Healthcare workers’ compliance with COVID-19 prevention and control measures at De Martino Hospital, Mogadishu, Somalia: a cross-sectional study	44
Case report: a case report and literature analysis on intestinal tuberculosis intestinal perforation complicated by umbilical intestinal fistula and bladder ileal fistula	44
Effect of degalactosylated bovine glycoprotein formulations MAF and M сapsules on lymphopenia and clinical outcomes in hospitalized COVID-19 patients: a randomized clinical trial	44
Molecular characterization of human respiratory syncytial virus strains circulating among hospitalized children in Jordan	42
Musculoskeletal actinomycosis in children: a case report	42
Incidence of serious respiratory tract infections and associated characteristics in a population exposed to immunosuppressive therapies: a register-based population study	41
Assessment of COVID-19 risk factors of early and long-term mortality with prediction models of clinical and laboratory variables	41