Table 3.

Abnormal laboratory findings in pyogenic liver abscess patients

Laboratory test	Frequency (%)
Hypoalbuminemiaa	45/46 (98%)
Prolonged prothrombin timeb	39/43 (91%)
Leukocytosisc	38/48 (79%)
Anemiad	36/48 (75%)
Elevated alkaline phosphatasee	32/46 (70%)
Elevated serum aspartate aminotransferasef	27/46 (59%)
Elevated serum alanine aminotransferaseg	24/46 (52%)
Thrombocytosish	16/48 (33%)
Elevated blood urea nitrogeni	13/48 (27%)
Elevated creatininej	11/48 (23%)
Hyperbilirubinemiak	7/45 (16%)

Notes:

^aSerum albumin; normal range: 3.7–5.1 gm/dL

^bprothrombin time; normal range: 10.7–13.5 seconds

^cperipheral white blood cell count; normal range: 4,000–10,600 cells/mm³

^dnormal hemoglobin range: 12–16 gm/dL

^enormal range: 38–126 U/L

^fserum aspartate aminotransferase; normal range: 15–41 U/L

^gserum alanine aminotransferase; normal range: 14–54 U/L

^hnormal range: 150,000–400,000 cells/mm³

ⁱblood urea nitrogen; normal range: 70–20 mg/dL

^jnormal range: 0.5–1.4 mg/dL

^ktotal bilirubin; normal range: 0.4–2.0 mg/dL.