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Table 2 Gender preference in sepsis induced by specific bacterial species

From: Sexual dimorphism in bacterial infections

Bacteria species

Gender preference

Population

References

Staphylococcus aureus

Women

Israel

[250]

Men

United States of America

[251]

Staphylococcus aureus (methicillin resistant)

Women

Brazil

[252]

No differences

United Kingdom

[253]

Women

United States of America (hemodialysis patients)

[254]

Men

Australia, Sweden, Denmark, Germany, Spain, United Kingdom, United States of America

[255,256,257,258]

Salmonella enterica (non-typhoidal)

Men

Six regions in Finland, Australia, Denmark, and Canada

[259]

Escherichia coli (extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing)

Women

Cancer patients

[260]

Escherichia coli

Women

Denmark

[261]

Klebsiella spp.

Men

Denmark

[262]

Streptococcus milleri

Men

Canada

[263]

Streptococcus spp.

Men

United States of America

[251]

Aeromonas spp.

Men

Spain (chronic liver disease or neoplasm)

[264]