Sex and Gender Differences in Bacterial Infections

• Published in: Infection and immunity Vol. 90; no. 10; p. e0028322
• Main Authors: Dias, Sara P., Brouwer, Matthijs C., van de Beek, Diederik
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Society for Microbiology 20.10.2022
• Subjects: Animals; Bacterial Infections - epidemiology; Bacteriology; Disease Susceptibility; Female; Humans; Immunity; Male; Minireview; Sex Characteristics; Sex Factors; bacterial infections; gender differences; sex differences

There is a growing awareness of the importance of sex and gender in medicine and research. Women typically have stronger immune responses to self and foreign antigens than men, resulting in sex-based differences in autoimmunity and infectious diseases. There is a growing awareness of the importance...