Sex or gender differences in treatment outcomes of sepsis and septic shock.

Gender disparities in intensive care unit (ICU) treatment approaches and outcomes are evident. However, clinicians often pay little attention to the importance of biological sex and sociocultural gender in their treatment courses. Previous studies have reported that differences between sexes or genders can significantly affect the manifestation of diseases, diagnosis, clinicians' treatment decisions, scope of treatment, and treatment outcomes in the intensive care field.

Clinical characteristics and treatment outcomes of patients with pneumonia caused by .

Background: , considered to be an environmental organism, is a rare cause of human infections. Although in recent years the frequency of infections reported in the literature has increased, few cases of pneumonia caused by have been described. Here, we investigate the clinical characteristics, management, and clinical outcomes of pneumonia caused by .