| Newcastle-Ottawa Scale: comparing reviewers’ to authors’ assessments CKL Lo, D Mertz, M Loeb BMC medical research methodology 14, 1-5, 2014 | 1749 | 2014 |
| Probiotics for the prevention of Clostridium difficile‐associated diarrhea in adults and children JZ Goldenberg, C Yap, L Lytvyn, CKF Lo, J Beardsley, D Mertz, ... Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2017 | 1232 | 2017 |
| Populations at risk for severe or complicated influenza illness: systematic review and meta-analysis D Mertz, TH Kim, J Johnstone, PP Lam, SP Kuster, SA Fadel, D Tran, ... Bmj 347, 2013 | 657 | 2013 |
| Credibility of claims of subgroup effects in randomised controlled trials: systematic review X Sun, M Briel, JW Busse, JJ You, EA Akl, F Mejza, MM Bala, D Bassler, ... Bmj 344, 2012 | 379 | 2012 |
| Prevalence, characteristics, and publication of discontinued randomized trials B Kasenda, E Von Elm, J You, A Blümle, Y Tomonaga, R Saccilotto, ... Jama 311 (10), 1045-1052, 2014 | 355 | 2014 |
| Throat Swabs Are Necessary to Reliably Detect Carriers of Staphylococcus aureus D Mertz, R Frei, B Jaussi, A Tietz, C Stebler, U Flückiger, AF Widmer Clinical Infectious Diseases 45 (4), 475-477, 2007 | 289 | 2007 |
| Pregnancy as a risk factor for severe outcomes from influenza virus infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies D Mertz, J Geraci, J Winkup, BD Gessner, JR Ortiz, M Loeb Vaccine 35 (4), 521-528, 2017 | 287 | 2017 |
| Antimicrobials: a global alliance for optimizing their rational use in intra-abdominal infections (AGORA) M Sartelli, DG Weber, E Ruppé, M Bassetti, BJ Wright, L Ansaloni, ... World journal of emergency surgery 11, 1-32, 2016 | 242 | 2016 |
| Outcomes of early switching from intravenous to oral antibiotics on medical wards D Mertz, M Koller, P Haller, ML Lampert, H Plagge, B Hug, G Koch, ... Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy 64 (1), 188-199, 2009 | 204 | 2009 |
| Exclusive Staphylococcus aureus throat carriage: at-risk populations D Mertz, R Frei, N Periat, M Zimmerli, M Battegay, U Flückiger, AF Widmer Archives of internal medicine 169 (2), 172-178, 2009 | 183 | 2009 |
| Coronavirus disease 2019 and antimicrobial resistance: parallel and interacting health emergencies R Nieuwlaat, L Mbuagbaw, D Mertz, LL Burrows, DME Bowdish, L Moja, ... Clinical Infectious Diseases 72 (9), 1657-1659, 2021 | 160 | 2021 |
| Encouraging AWaRe-ness and discouraging inappropriate antibiotic use—the new 2019 Essential Medicines List becomes a global antibiotic stewardship tool M Sharland, S Gandra, B Huttner, L Moja, C Pulcini, M Zeng, ... The Lancet Infectious Diseases 19 (12), 1278-1280, 2019 | 143 | 2019 |
| Clinical disease severity of respiratory viral co-infection versus single viral infection: a systematic review and meta-analysis SA Asner, ME Science, D Tran, M Smieja, A Merglen, D Mertz PloS one 9 (6), e99392, 2014 | 137 | 2014 |
| The influence of study characteristics on reporting of subgroup analyses in randomised controlled trials: systematic review X Sun, M Briel, JW Busse, JJ You, EA Akl, F Mejza, MM Bala, D Bassler, ... Bmj 342, 2011 | 119 | 2011 |
| Subgroup analyses in randomised controlled trials: cohort study on trial protocols and journal publications B Kasenda, S Schandelmaier, X Sun, E Von Elm, J You, A Blümle, ... Bmj 349, 2014 | 109 | 2014 |
| Use of facemasks during the COVID-19 pandemic HJ Schünemann, EA Akl, R Chou, DK Chu, M Loeb, T Lotfi, RA Mustafa, ... The Lancet Respiratory Medicine 8 (10), 954-955, 2020 | 107 | 2020 |
| GRADE Guidelines 30: the GRADE approach to assessing the certainty of modeled evidence—An overview in the context of health decision-making JL Brozek, C Canelo-Aybar, EA Akl, JM Bowen, J Bucher, WA Chiu, ... Journal of clinical epidemiology 129, 138-150, 2021 | 103 | 2021 |
| Secular Trend and Risk Factors for Antimicrobial Resistance in Escherichia coli Isolates in Switzerland 1997–2007 L Blaettler, D Mertz, R Frei, L Elzi, AF Widmer, M Battegay, U Flückiger Infection 37, 534-539, 2009 | 101 | 2009 |
| Guideline recommendations and antimicrobial resistance: the need for a change C Elias, L Moja, D Mertz, M Loeb, G Forte, N Magrini BMJ open 7 (7), e016264, 2017 | 94 | 2017 |
| Pregnancy as a risk factor for severe influenza infection: an individual participant data meta-analysis D Mertz, CKF Lo, L Lytvyn, JR Ortiz, M Loeb BMC infectious diseases 19, 1-10, 2019 | 88 | 2019 |
