OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Antibiotics-Basel is 70. 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
Lyophilized Lipid Liquid Crystalline Nanoparticles as an Antimicrobial Delivery System	293
Kinetic Patterns of Antibiotic Consumption in German Acute Care Hospitals from 2017 to 2023	282
Acknowledgment to the Reviewers of Antibiotics in 2022	252
Is There Any Benefit to the Use of Antibiotics with Indwelling Catheters after Urologic Surgery in Adults	236
The Century-Long Journey of Peptide-Based Drugs	231
Antisense and Functional Nucleic Acids in Rational Drug Development	219
The Effectiveness of Imipenem–Relebactam against Ceftazidime-Avibactam Resistant Variants of the KPC-2 β-Lactamase	215
Does the Silver Nanoparticles Production Route Affect the Proliferation of Antibiotic Resistance in Soil Ecosystem?	206
The Influence of Liquid Medium Choice in Determination of Minimum Inhibitory Concentration of Essential Oils against Pathogenic Bacteria	182
Next-Generation Human Liver Models for Antimalarial Drug Assays	162
Phenotypic and Genotypic Characterization of Escherichia coli and Salmonella spp. Isolates from Pigs at Slaughterhouse and from Commercial Pork Meat in Portugal	161
Understanding of Final Year Medical, Pharmacy and Nursing Students in Pakistan towards Antibiotic Use, Antimicrobial Resistance and Stewardship: Findings and Implications	159
Phage Cocktails with Daptomycin and Ampicillin Eradicates Biofilm-Embedded Multidrug-Resistant Enterococcus faecium with Preserved Phage Susceptibility	155
National Multicenter Study on the Prevalence of Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae in the Post-COVID-19 Era in Argentina: The RECAPT-AR Study	146
Antifungal Activities of Compounds Produced by Newly Isolated Acrocarpospora Strains	145
Down-Syndrome-Related Maternal Dysbiosis Might Be Triggered by Certain Classes of Antibiotics: A New Insight into the Possible Pathomechanisms	143
Community Antibiotic Consumption in Cyprus for the Period 2015 to 2022	143
Comparison of Cefepime with Piperacillin/Tazobactam Treatment in Patients with Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia	142
Symptoms, Treatment, and Outcomes of COVID-19 Patients Coinfected with Clostridioides difficile: Single-Center Study from NE Romania during the COVID-19 Pandemic	141
National Level Cross-Sectional Study on Antibiotic Use in Children during the Pre- and Early COVID-19 Eras	139
Characterisation of PVL-Positive Staphylococcus argenteus from the United Arab Emirates	138
Novel Bifunctional Acylase from Actinoplanes utahensis: A Versatile Enzyme to Synthesize Antimicrobial Compounds and Use in Quorum Quenching Processes	131
What Is the Rate of Antimicrobial Resistance of a Prosthetic Joint Infection in a Major Orthopaedic Centre?	131
Treating Critically Ill Patients Experiencing SARS-CoV-2 Severe Infection with Ig-M and Ig-A Enriched Ig-G Infusion	127
Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia in COVID-19 Patients: A Retrospective Cohort Study	124

Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci and Extended-Spectrum β-Lactamase-Producing Bacterial Colonization of the Cervix after Emergency Cerclage: Is It Safe?	123
Antibiotics, Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria, and Antibiotic Resistance Genes: Indicators of Contamination in Mangroves?	121
Comparison of a Point-of-Care FilmArray Test to Standard-of-Care Microbiology Test in Diagnosis of Healthcare Associated Infections in a Tertiary Care Pediatric Intensive Care Unit	119
Synthetic Amphipathic β-Sheet Temporin-Derived Peptide with Dual Antibacterial and Anti-Inflammatory Activities	116
Microbial Community and Abundance of Selected Antimicrobial Resistance Genes in Poultry Litter from Conventional and Antibiotic-Free Farms	108
Synthesis, Spectroscopic Studies for Five New Mg (II), Fe (III), Cu (II), Zn (II) and Se (IV) Ceftriaxone Antibiotic Drug Complexes and Their Possible Hepatoprotective and Antioxidant Capacities	104
Effect of Escin Alone or in Combination with Antifungal Agents on Resistant Candida glabrata Biofilms: Mechanisms of Action	100
The Real Practice Prescribing Antibiotics in Outpatients: A Failed Control Case Assessed through the Simulated Patient Method	98
Predictors of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus spp. Intestinal Carriage among High-Risk Patients in University Hospitals in Serbia	95
Reintroduction of Legacy Antibiotics in Neonatal Sepsis: The Special Role of Fosfomycin and Colistin	94
Oral Antibiotics Alone versus Oral Antibiotics Combined with Mechanical Bowel Preparation for Elective Colorectal Surgery: A Propensity Score-Matching Re-Analysis of the iCral 2 and 3 Prospective Coho	91
Severity and Bothersomeness of Urinary Tract Infection Symptoms in Women before and after Menopause	91
Enhancing Bioactive Compound Classification through the Synergy of Fourier-Transform Infrared Spectroscopy and Advanced Machine Learning Methods	90
The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Postoperative Neurosurgical Infections at a Reference Center in México	88
Emergence of High-Level Gentamicin Resistance in Streptococcus agalactiae Hypervirulent Serotype IV ST1010 (CC452) Strains by Acquisition of a Novel Integrative and Conjugative Element	87
Comparison of IncK-blaCMY-2 Plasmids in Extended-Spectrum Cephalosporin-Resistant Escherichia coli Isolated from Poultry and Humans in Denmark, Finland, and Germany	86
Screening of Klebsiella pneumoniae subsp. pneumoniae Strains with Multi-Drug Resistance and Virulence Profiles Isolated from an Italian Hospital between 2020 and 2023	85
Potential Cost Savings Associated with Targeted Substitution of Current Guideline-Concordant Inpatient Agents with Omadacycline for the Treatment of Adult Hospitalized Patients with Community-Acquired	84
Correction: Narongpun et al. Whole-Genome Investigation of Zoonotic Transmission of Livestock-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Clonal Complex 398 Isolated from Pigs and Humans in	84
Stenotrophomonas maltophilia: The Landscape in Critically Ill Patients and Optimising Management Approaches	84
Impact of Erythromycin as a Prokinetic on the Gut Microbiome in Children with Feeding Intolerance—A Pilot Study	83
Mortality in Thai Nursing Homes Based on Antimicrobial-Resistant Enterobacterales Carriage and COVID-19 Lockdown Timing: A Prospective Cohort Study	83
Derivatives of Esculentin-1 Peptides as Promising Candidates for Fighting Infections from Escherichia coli O157:H7	83
A Retrospective Analysis of Intravenous Push versus Extended Infusion Meropenem in Critically Ill Patients	82
Variation in Antibiotic Prescription in High-Risk Febrile Neutropenia in Portuguese Hospitals	82
Antitubercular, Cytotoxicity, and Computational Target Validation of Dihydroquinazolinone Derivatives	79
Surgical Antimicrobial Prophylaxis in Pediatric Patients Undergoing Plastic Surgery: A RAND/UCLA Appropriateness Method Consensus Study	77
Droplet Digital PCR for Acinetobacter baumannii Diagnosis in Bronchoalveolar Lavage Samples from Patients with Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia	77
A Retrospective, Monocentric Study Comparing Co and Secondary Infections in Critically Ill COVID-19 and Influenza Patients	76
Efficacy of Tuberculosis Treatment in Patients with Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis with the Use of Bedaquiline: The Experience of the Russian Federation	76
Genotyping and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Profiling of Streptococcus uberis Isolated from a Clinical Bovine Mastitis Outbreak in a Dairy Farm	75
WHO Point Prevalence Survey to Describe the Use of Antimicrobials at a Tertiary Care Center in Pakistan: A Situation Analysis for Establishing an Antimicrobial Stewardship Program	74
Demographic Characteristics and Economic Burden of Clostridioides difficile Infection in Korea: A Nationwide Population-Based Study after Propensity Score Matching	73
Bloodstream Infections in Intensive Care Unit during Four Consecutive SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic Waves	73
Polyclonal Multidrug ESBL-Producing Klebsiella pneumoniae and Emergence of Susceptible Hypervirulent Klebsiella pneumoniae ST23 Isolates in Mozambique	73
New Insights on Biofilm Antimicrobial Strategies, 2nd Volume	72
Practices and Challenges of Veterinary Paraprofessionals in Regards to Antimicrobial Use and Resistance in Animals in Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania	72
Exploration of Trends in Antimicrobial Use and Their Determinants Based on Dispensing Information Collected from Pharmacies throughout Japan: A First Report	72
Comparison of Antivirulence Activities of Black Ginseng against Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus According to the Number of Repeated Steaming and Drying Cycles	71
Optimization of Screening Media to Improve Antimicrobial Biodiscovery from Soils in Undergraduate/Citizen Science Research-Engaged Initiatives	71
Antimicrobial Natural Products	71
Dynamic Gene Clusters Mediating Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Clinical Isolates	71
Distribution of ESBL/AmpC-Escherichia coli on a Dairy Farm	70
Microbial Persistence, Replacement and Local Antimicrobial Therapy in Recurrent Bone and Joint Infection	70
In Vitro Study of the Interaction of Gentamicin with Ceftriaxone and Azithromycin against Neisseria gonorrhoeae Using Agar Dilution Method	70