Table 1.
Demographic characteristics, symptoms and underlying diseases of patients with K. pneumoniae liver abscess with sepsis or without sepsis
| Characteristic | Total n = 135 |
KPLA with sepsis n = 37 |
KPLA without sepsis n = 98 |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (year) | 60.9 ± 12.7 | 61.1 ± 12.1 | 60.8 ± 13.0 | 0.902 |
| Gender | 0.227 | |||
| Male,n (%) | 80 (59.3) | 25 (67.6) | 55 (56.1) | |
| Female,n (%) | 55 (40.7) | 12 (32.4) | 43 (43.9) | |
| Symptoms | ||||
| Body temperature (≥38.5 °C) | 80 (59.3) | 21 (56.8) | 59 (60.2) | 0.716 |
| Fever | 123 (91.1) | 35 (94.6) | 88 (89.8) | 0.511a |
| Chills | 81 (60.0) | 24 (64.9) | 57 (58.2) | 0.478 |
| Abdominal pain | 58 (43.0) | 4 (10.8) | 54 (55.1) | 0.000 |
| Nausea | 17 (12.6) | 5 (13.5) | 12 (12.2) | 0.843 |
| Vomiting | 16 (11.9) | 7 (18.9) | 9 (9.2) | 0.119 |
| Frailty | 24 (17.8) | 12 (32.4) | 12 (12.2) | 0.006 |
| Diarrhea | 9 (6.7) | 7 (18.9) | 2 (2.0) | 0.002a |
| Underlying conditions | ||||
| Diabetes mellitus | 67 (50.0) | 20 (54.1) | 47 (48.0) | 0.528 |
| Hypertension | 51 (37.8) | 17 (45.9) | 34 (34.7) | 0.229 |
| Fatty liver | 16 (11.9) | 9 (24.3) | 7 (7.1) | 0.006 |
| Cholelithiasis | 29 (21.5) | 4 (10.8) | 25 (25.5) | 0.064 |
| Viral hepatitis | 32 (23.7) | 7 (18.9) | 25 (25.5) | 0.422 |
| Cardiovascular diseases | 25 (18.5) | 5 (13.5) | 20 (20.4) | 0.358 |
| Chronic renal insufficiency | 14 (10.4) | 13 (35.1) | 1 (1.0) | 0.000a |
| Hepatic dysfunction | 21 (15.6) | 17 (45.9) | 4 (4.1) | 0.000a |
| Abdominal surgery history | 9 (6.7) | 0 | 9 (9.2) | 0.063a |
a Calculated with the Fisher’s exact test