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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of patients with liver abscess

From: Prognosis of liver abscess with no identified organism

 

CNLA (n = 156)

CPLA (n = 246)

Causative organisms

P value

E.coli (n = 74)

K.pneumoniae (n = 133)

P value*

Other (n = 39)

Age, years, median (IQR)

61 (12)

66 (8)

66.5 (14.3)

66 (18)

0.95

66 (7)

0.02

Sex, male, n(%)

113 (72.4%)

156 (63.4%)

49 (66.2%)

79 (59.4%)

0.33

28 (71.8%)

0.06

Comorbidity

 Diabetes mellitus

35 (22.4%)

74 (30.1%)

24 (33.8%)

35 (26.3%)

0.26

14 (35.9%)

0.12

 Hypertension

63 (40.4%)

89 (36.2%)

26 (35.1%)

48 (36.1%)

0.89

15 (38.5%)

0.39

 Cholelithiasis and biliary tract disease

6 (3.8%)

35 (14.2%)

18 (24.3%)

11 (8.3%)

0.001

6 (15.4%)

0.001

 Liver disease

12 (7.7%)

33 (13.4%)

18 (24.3%)

10 (7.5%)

0.001

5 (12.8%)

0.07

Chronic kidney disease

3 (1.9%)

5 (2.0%)

1 (1.4%)

3 (2.3%)

0.65

1 (2.6%)

0.94

Malignancy

24 (15.4%)

54 (22.0%)

27 (36.5%)

11 (8.3%)

0.0001

16 (41.0%)

0.10

Transplant

2 (1.3%)

2 (0.8%)

1 (1.4%)

1 (0.8%)

0.67

0 (0%)

0.64

Presentation as a sepsis

5 (3.2%)

7 (2.8%)

1 (1.4%)

6 (4.5%)

0.23

0 (0%)

0.84

ICU admission

22 (14.1%)

36 (14.6%)

11 (14.9%)

20 (15.0%)

0.97

5 (12.8%)

0.88

Bacteremia

99 (40.2%)

21 (28.4%)

56 (42.1%)

0.05

22 (56.4%)

ESBL production

 

23 (31.1%)

3 (2.3%)

0.0001

  
  1. *P value was calculated on two groups of E.coli liver abscess and K.pneumoniae liver abscess