Clinicopathological presentation of liver abscesses and hydatid liver disease from two South African tertiary hospitals

Table 3 Biochemical measurements according to abscess type

	Pyogenic		Amoebic		Hydatid
Laboratory test	Median	IQR	Median	IQR	Median	IQR	P value
WBC (4-10 × 109/L)	15.76	9.90-21.20	13.18	9.16-16.02	8.90	6.28-12.76	0.0002
CRP (< 10 mg/L)	211.0	110.0-289.0	181.0	60.5-246.5	90.0	28.5-215.5	0.0070
Hemoglobin (12-15 g/dL)	10.50	8.80-12.10	10.50	8.80-11.90	11.35	8.35-12.35	0.8300
Platelets (150-400 × 109/L)	391	242-575	495	401-615.5	483.5	322.5-562.5	0.0200
Albumin (35-50 g/L)	29.0	25.0-34.0	28.0	24.0-32.0	32.5	26.5-40.5	0.1100
Total bilirubin (5-21 μmol/L)	23.0	11.0-80.0	9.0	5.0-19.0	7.5	6.0-29.5	0.0001
Conjugated bilirubin (< 3 μmol/L)	16.0	6.0-52.0	4.0	3.0-14.0	4.5	3.0-21.5	0.0001
ALT (7-35 U/L)	39.0	25.0-89.0	26.0	12.0-44.0	20.5	14.0-32.0	0.0002
AST (13-35 U/L)	48.0	27.0-87.0	32.0	20.0-63.0	31.5	23.5-40.5	0.0080
ALP (42-98 U/L)	221	169-425	179	124-243	215	120-421	0.0100
GGT (< 40 U/L)	201.0	110.0-416.0	157.0	82.0-208.0	130.0	93.0-315.5	0.0300
Urea (2.1-7.1 mmol/L)	5.2	3.2-9.8	3.6	2.7-5.0	3.7	3.1-6.1	0.0200
Creatinine (49-90 mmol/L)	79.0	59.0-117.5	67.0	58.0-88.0	66.5	50.0-74.0	0.0200
INR (0.9-1.2)	1.31	1.18-1.49	1.27	1.21-1.46	1.20	1.14-1.43	0.5000

ALP: Alkaline phosphatase; ALT: Alanine transaminase; AST: Aspartate transaminase; CRP: C-reactive protein; GGT: Gamma-glutamyltransferase; INR: International normalized ratio; IQR: Interquartile range.