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

Table 4 Laboratory findings outside the normal range in patients presenting with pyogenic liver abscesses

Parameter	n (%)
Leukocytosis	121 (74.69)
Raised CRP (> 10 mg/L)	154 (98.09)
CRP (> 300 mg/L)	33 (21.02)
Thrombocytopenia	18 (12.02)
HB (< 10 g/dL)	65 (40.63)
Hypoalbuminemia (< 30 g/L)	89 (40.63)
Bilirubin (> 21 μmol/L)	85 (53.46)
ALT (> 2 normal)	44 (28.03)
AST (> 2 normal)	53 (33.76)
ALP (> 2 normal)	94 (58.75)
GGT (> 2 normal)	132 (82.50)
INR > 1.5	29 (22.83)

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