Research Article
Pyogenic Liver Abscess: Contemporary Trends in a Tertiary Institute
Table 1
Demographic and clinical characteristics of patients with PLA in SZMC 2011–2021.
| | Characteristics | Median (range) |
| | Age years (n = 95) | 66 (18–93) | | Female n (%) | 38 (40%) | | Duration of symptoms before admission, days (n = 90) | 3 (1–31) | | Length of stay according to treatment modality, days (n = 95) | | Percutaneous drainage and systemic antibiotics | 20 (5–75) | | Systemic antibiotics only | 10 (6–31) | | Duration of antibiotic therapy (overall), weeks | 4 (1–12) | | Duration of intravenous antibiotics, weeks | 3 (1–12) | | Duration of oral antibiotics, weeks | 1 (0–4) | | WBC count, mean ± SD (/mm3) (n = 95) | 13.8 ± 6.3 | | Alkaline phosphatase, mean ± SD (nl 44–147 U/L) (n = 95) | 234.6 ± 185.2 | | ALT, mean ± SD (nl 7–55 U/L) (n = 95) | 55.8 ± 55.9 | | AST, mean ± SD (nl 8–48 U/L) (n = 95) | 64.7 ± 84.1 | | LDH, mean ± SD (nl 105–333 IU/L) (n = 95) | 397.2 ± 233.7 | | CRP, mean ± SD (nl 0.5< mg/dl) (n = 60) | 20 ± 8.3 |
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