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World J Gastroenterol. Apr 7, 2008; 14(13): 2089-2093
Published online Apr 7, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.2089
Published online Apr 7, 2008. doi: 10.3748/wjg.14.2089
Table 1 Clinical features of the patients with different types of liver abscess n (%)
| Characteristics | Amebic | Pyogenic | Mixed | Indeterminate | P |
| abscess | abscess | abscess | abscess | value | |
| (n = 661) | (n = 200) | (n = 32) | (n = 73) | ||
| Gender | |||||
| Male | 568 (86) | 158 (79) | 27 (84) | 66 (90) | 0.06 |
| Female | 93 (14) | 42 (21) | 5 (16) | 7 (10) | |
| Age | |||||
| < 55 yr | 471 (71) | 146 (73) | 25 (78) | 52 (71) | |
| ≥ 55 yr | 190 (29) | 54 (27) | 7 (22) | 21 (29) | 0.83 |
| Duration of symptoms1 | |||||
| ≥ 7 d | 453 (69) | 136 (68) | 24 (75) | 47 (64) | 0.752 |
| < 7 d | 208 (32) | 64 (32) | 8 (25) | 26 (36) | |
| Jaundice (%) | |||||
| No | 534 (81) | 170 (85) | 26 (81) | 64 (88) | |
| Yes | 126 (19) | 30 (15) | 6 (19) | 9 (12) | 0.341 |
| Tender hepatomegaly | |||||
| Yes | 553 (84) | 179 (90) | 26 (81) | 57 (78) | 0.085 |
| No | 107 (16) | 21 (10) | 6 (19) | 16 (22%) | |
| Diabetes mellitus | |||||
| No | 546 (83) | 166 (83) | 25 (78) | 60 (82) | 0.925 |
| Yes | 115 (17) | 34 (17) | 7 (22) | 13 (18) | |
| Treatment | |||||
| Aspiration not done | 375 (57) | 109 (54) | 12 (37) | 44 (60) | 0.151 |
| Aspiration done | 286 (43) | 91 (46) | 20 (63) | 29 (40) | |
| Patient outcome | |||||
| Alive | 649 (98) | 192 (96) | 31 (97) | 72 (99) | |
| Died | 12 (2) | 8 (4) | 1 (3) | 1 (1) | 0.352 |
- Citation: Khan R, Hamid S, Abid S, Jafri W, Abbas Z, Islam M, Shah H, Beg S. Predictive factors for early aspiration in liver abscess. World J Gastroenterol 2008; 14(13): 2089-2093
- URL: https://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v14/i13/2089.htm
- DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.14.2089