Black women hospitalised in USA with blood infection resistant to last-resort antibiotic at increased risk of death

  23 April 2024

A study examining 362 patients treated for bloodstream infections caused by CDC-defined carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CREs) found that race and sex were not individually associated with 30-day mortality. However, the interaction between race and sex was found to be an independent predictor of 30-day mortality. Black female patients had higher odds of death within 30 days compared to White female and Black male patients. The study highlights the need for further research to uncover social determinants of health outcomes, including barriers to access to medical care, socioeconomic status, antibiotic use, and health literacy about AMR.

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