Global research on Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhoea: A visualized study

Table 5 Ten most cited publications and authors between 2001 and 2020 in in Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea

Ref.	Title	Year	Source title	Cited by	Citation index	Impact index per article1
Cohen et al[35]	“Clinical practice guidelines for Clostridium difficile infection in adults: 2010 update by the Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America (SHEA) and the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA)”	2010	Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology	2370	237.0	313.9
van Nood et al[42]	“Duodenal infusion of donor feces for recurrent clostridium difficile”	2013	New England Journal of Medicine	2140	305.7	241.3
Loo et al[37]	“A predominantly clonal multi-institutional outbreak of Clostridium difficile - Associated diarrhea with high morbidity and mortality”	2005	New England Journal of Medicine	1601	106.7	88.6
Lessa et al[44]	“Burden of Clostridium difficile infection in the United States”	2015	New England Journal of Medicine	1430	286.0	234.3
Surawicz et al[41]	“Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of clostridium difficile infections”	2013	American Journal of Gastroenterology	1087	155.3	116.8
Louie et al[38]	“Fidaxomicin versus vancomycin for Clostridium difficile infection”	2011	New England Journal of Medicine	1074	119.3	91.4
Kelly and LaMont[36]	“Clostridium difficile - More difficult than ever”	2008	New England Journal of Medicine	1019	84.9	68.1
Rupnik et al[40]	“Clostridium difficile infection: New developments in epidemiology and pathogenesis”	2009	Nature Reviews Microbiology	985	89.5	73.4
Zar et al[43]	“A comparison of vancomycin and metronidazole for the treatment of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea, stratified by disease severity”	2007	Clinical Infectious Diseases	935	71.9	58.9
Pépin et al[39]	“Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea in a region of Quebec from 1991 to 2003: A changing pattern of disease severity”	2004	CMAJ	916	57.3	45.6

¹The impact index per article is presented based on Reference Citation Analysis [Source: Baishideng Publishing Group Inc. (Pleasanton, CA 94566, United States)].