Black women hospitalized for carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) bloodstream infections (BSI) face increased 30-day mortality, according to a study presented at the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Global Congress. Felicia Ruffin, PhD, and colleagues examined 362 patients hospitalized with BSI caused by CRE. The distribution desirability of outcome ranking (no clinical response at 30 days; unsuccessful discharge or readmitted within 30 days; renal failure after culture or Clostridium difficile infection) was similar among Black and White patients. However, for 30-day mortality, the interaction between race and sex was an independent predictor. Specifically, Black women had increased 30-day mortality versus White women and Black men. “Our findings … [illustrate] the importance of combining race and sex when evaluating racial and sex-related disparities in infectious disease outcomes in future studies,” Dr. Ruffin said in a statement. “The distribution of comorbid conditions was different between Black and White patients and may contribute to disparities.”