| SARS-CoV-2 infection: Initial viral load (iVL) predicts severity of illness/outcome, and declining trend of iVL in hospitalized patients corresponds with slowing of the pandemic S El Zein, O Chehab, A Kanj, S Akrawe, S Alkassis, T Mishra, M Shatta, ... PLoS One 16 (9), e0255981, 2021 | 48 | 2021 |
| Invasive Saprochaete Infections: An Emerging Threat to Immunocompromised Patients S El Zein, JR Hindy, SS Kanj Pathogens 9 (11), 922, 2020 | 39 | 2020 |
| Emergence of Mycobacterium simiae: A retrospective study from a tertiary care center in Lebanon A Hamieh, R Tayyar, H Tabaja, S EL Zein, P Bou Khalil, N Kara, ... PloS one 13 (4), e0195390, 2018 | 39 | 2018 |
| Contemporary demographics, diagnostics and outcomes in non-bacterial thrombotic endocarditis JA Quintero-Martinez, JR Hindy, S El Zein, HI Michelena, VT Nkomo, ... Heart 108 (20), 1637-1643, 2022 | 37 | 2022 |
| Pseudomonas stutzeri prosthetic valve endocarditis: a case report and review of the literature Z Halabi, M Mocadie, S El Zein, SS Kanj Journal of infection and public health 12 (3), 434-437, 2019 | 33 | 2019 |
| A review of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in patients with HIV H Tabaja, A Kanj, S El Zein, IY Comba, O Chehab, M Mahmood Open Forum Infectious Diseases 9 (4), ofac071, 2022 | 29 | 2022 |
| Bacterial bloodstream infections and patterns of resistance in patients with haematological malignancies at a tertiary centre in Lebanon over 10 years S Haddad, JF Jabbour, JR Hindy, M Makki, A Sabbagh, M Nayfeh, ... Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance 27, 228-235, 2021 | 23 | 2021 |
| Prevalence of infections and antimicrobial use in the acute-care hospital setting in the Middle East: Results from the first point-prevalence survey in the region A Alothman, A Al Thaqafi, A Al Ansary, A Zikri, A Fayed, F Khamis, ... International Journal of Infectious Diseases 101, 249-258, 2020 | 22 | 2020 |
| Mucormycosis in hospitalized patients at a tertiary care center in Lebanon: A case series S El Zein, J El-Sheikh, A Zakhem, D Ibrahim, A Bazarbachi, SS Kanj Infection 46, 811-821, 2018 | 22 | 2018 |
| Non-O1, non-O139 Vibrio cholerae bacteremia in an urban academic medical center in the United States J Shanley, A Kanj, S El Zein, H Tabaja, B Trzcinski, J Horman, H Salimnia, ... IDCases 15, e00527, 2019 | 20 | 2019 |
| Visceral and cutaneous Leishmaniases in a City in Syria and the effects of the Syrian conflict A Youssef, R Harfouch, S El Zein, Z Alshehabi, R Shaaban, SS Kanj The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 101 (1), 108, 2019 | 16 | 2019 |
| Unusual presentation of primary lung adenocarcinoma mimicking pneumonia: case report and literature review A Daoud, A Laktineh, S El Zein, AO Soubani Respiratory Medicine Case Reports 28, 100881, 2019 | 14 | 2019 |
| Incidence and clinical outcomes of nosocomial infections in patients presenting with STEMI complicated by cardiogenic shock in the United States O Chehab, RZ Morsi, A Kanj, RJ Rachwan, M Pahuja, S Mansour, ... Heart & Lung 49 (6), 716-723, 2020 | 11 | 2020 |
| Alopecia after switch to tenofovir alafenamide in 6 african american women S El Zein, H Tabaja, A Kanj, D Richmond, J Veltman Open Forum Infectious Diseases 6 (7), ofz278, 2019 | 9 | 2019 |
| Native joint polyarticular septic arthritis secondary to disseminated Ureaplasma urealyticum infection in a patient on rituximab therapy with hypogammaglobulinemia: A Case Report S El Zein, T Garvey, S Amin, AJ Tande IDCases 32, e01744, 2023 | 6 | 2023 |
| Disseminated herpes simplex virus and varicella zoster virus co-infection in a patient with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura C Bergqvist, Y Abi Aad, D Nassar, S El Zein, SS Kanj Journal of Infection and Public Health 12 (3), 438-441, 2019 | 6 | 2019 |
| It is time for a unified definition of native vertebral osteomyelitis: a framework proposal F Petri, O Mahmoud, S El Zein, A Nassr, BA Freedman, JT Verdoorn, ... Journal of Bone and Joint Infection 9 (3), 173-182, 2024 | 4 | 2024 |
| Rifampin Based Therapy for Patients With Staphylococcus aureus Native Vertebral Osteomyelitis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis S El Zein, EF Berbari, M Passerini, F Petri, J Maamari, MH Murad, P Sendi, ... Clinical Infectious Diseases 78 (1), 40-47, 2024 | 4 | 2024 |
| SARS-CoV-2 viral load and myocardial injury: independent and Incremental predictors of adverse outcome O Chehab, S El Zein, A Kanj, A Moghrabi, J Sebastian, A Halboni, ... Mayo Clinic Proceedings: Innovations, Quality & Outcomes 5 (5), 891-897, 2021 | 4 | 2021 |
| Declining trend in the initial SARS-CoV-2 viral load during the pandemic: preliminary observations from Detroit, Michigan SE Zein, N El-Hor, O Chehab, S Alkassis, T Mishra, V Trivedi, H Salimnia, ... medRxiv, 2020.11. 16.20231597, 2020 | 4 | 2020 |
Souha KanjProfessor of Medicine and Infectious Diseases, American University of BeirutVerified email at aub.edu.lb