Table 1. Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with pyogenic and amoebic liver abscess.
| Variables | Pyogenic Liver Abscess N=56 |
Amebic Liver Abscess N=11 |
p value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | |||
| M/F | 50/6 | 11/0 | 0.5 |
|
Age/mean (range) years Nationality |
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| Q/Non-Q | 47.2 (22-101) | 42.8 (21-64) | 0.3 |
| Underlying disease(s) | 8/48 | 1/10 | 1.0 |
| Diabetes mellitus | 20 (36%) | 2 (18%) | 0.3 |
| Abdominal infection | 13 (23%) | 0 | 0.1 |
| Clinical picture | |||
| Fever Abdominal pain Vomiting Jaundice Cough Diarrhea Shock |
49 (88%) 44 (79%) 28 (50%) 10 (16%) 8 (15%) 8 (15%) 7 (13%) |
11(100%) 11 (100%) 6 (54%) 3 (27%) 2 (19%) 1 (9%) 1 (9%) |
0.5 0.1 0.9 0.4 0.6 1.0 1.0 |
| Localization of abscess | |||
| Right lobe Left lobe Both lobes |
33 (59%) 3 (5%) 20 (36%) |
7 (63%) 3 (27%) 1 (9%) |
1.0 0.05 0.08 |
| Initial laboratory values | |||
| WBC [Mean (range)] Albumen [Mean (range)] Alkaline phosphatase ALT [Mean (range)] AST [Mean (range)] T. Bilirubin [Mean (range)] |
14.7(30-3.1) 35.1(23-46) 148.6(12-766) 87(12-314) 67(11-304) 35.8(3.8-213) |
17.1(6.1-22.6) 32(22-41) 220(102-514) 84.5(29-175) 48.8((19-119) 25.7(6.5-48.7) |
0.15 0.82 0.11 0.02 0.03 0.5 |
| Duration of symptoms | |||
| Mean (range) days | 9.4 | 8.7 | 0.8 |
| Duration of treatment | |||
| Mean (range) days | 34.4(21-48) | 11.8(10-14) | 0.08 |
| Duration of hospitalization | |||
| Mean (range) days | 13.6(3-42) | 7.7(5-16) | 0.02 |
| Outcome | |||
| Died | 1 (1.7%) | 0 | 1.0 |
Reference ranges: WBC: (4-11), Albumin (35-50) g/L, Alkaline phosphates (40-129) U/L, ALT (0-40) U/L, AST (0-37) U/L, total Bilirubin (3.5-40) µmol/L.