Retrospective study of the incidence, risk factors, treatment outcomes of bacterial infections at uncommon sites in cirrhotic patients

Table 2 Characteristics of patients with atypical bacterial infection (at the time of bacterial infection diagnosis)

	Atypical BI (n = 74)
Outcome
Dead within 30 d	7 (9.5)
Sepsis	9 (12.7)
Laboratory parameters (at BI)
Serum sodium (mmol/L)	137 ± 5.5
Creatinine (mg/dL)	1.13 ± 13.5
Total bilirubin (mg/dL)	1.9 ± 6.67
Albumin (g/dL)	30.0 ± 6.25
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	11.8 ± 3.00
INR	1.20 ± 0.48
ASAT (U/l)	67.0 ± 42.47
ALAT (U/l)	44 ± 30.92
Platelets	154 ± 103
MELD	14.5 ± 6.23
CPS	8 ± 1.86
WBC (×109)	8.2 ± 5.05
CRP (mg/dL)	43.1 ± 61.77

Data are presented as frequency and percentage or median and standard deviation. Significant P values are marked in bold. ALAT: Alanine aminotransferase; ASAT: Aspartate aminotransferase; BI: Bacterial infection; CPS: Child-Pugh-Score; CRP: C-reactive-protein; INR: International normalized ratio; MELD: Model of End Stage Liver Disease; WBC: White blood cells.