Effect of alternative antibiotics in treatment of cefotaxime resistant spontaneous bacterial peritonitis

Table 2 Laboratory parameters of all patients at admission

Variable/mean ± SD	Group I (n = 81)	Group II (n = 19)	t	P value
Laboratory parameters
INR	1.87 ± 0.48	1.85 ± 0.57	0.091	0.927
Albumin (g/dL)	2.16 ± 0.32	2.23 ± 0.22	0.852	0.396
Total bilirubin (mg/dL)	5.45 ± 4.50	4.23 ± 2.60	1.133	0.260
Direct bilirubin (mg/dL)	3.44 ± 3.25	2.50 ± 1.95	1.202	0.232
Creatinine (mg/dL)	1.62 ± 0.85	1.80 ± 0.59	0.882	0.38
Urea (mg/dL)	83.87 ± 37.16	88.33 ± 42.99	0.457	0.649
Potassium (mmol/L)	3.76 ± 0.65	3.65 ± 0.79	0.586	0.559
Sodium (mmol/L)	130.36 ± 9.26	129.93 ± 10.53	0.178	0.859
Platelets (× 10/mL)	53.2 ± 20.1	54.6 ± 31.5	0.235	0.815
Ascitic fluid parameters
Glucose (mg/dL)	121.05 ± 41.62	101.52 ± 53.032	1.744	0.084
Protein (mg/dL)	1389.95 ± 840.65	1553.63 ± 566.38	0.805	0.423
LDH (IU/L)	240 (180-500)	540 (108-1200)	4.406	0.000
PMNLs (/mm3)	3400 (695-264  00)	15  000 (957-23  822)	3.852	0.000

Data are presented by mean ± SD or median (range). INR: International normalized ratio; WBC: White blood cell; LDH: Lactate dehydrogenase; PMNLs: Polymorph nuclear leucocytes.