Bacterial infections post-living-donor liver transplantation in Egyptian hepatitis C virus-cirrhotic patients: A single-center study

Table 1 Comparison between patients who developed post-living-donor liver transplantation single episode and those who developed repeated episodes of infection regarding pre-operative parameters n (%)

	Single episode of infection (n = 21)	Repeated episodes of infection (n = 12)	P value
Recipient's age (yr, mean ± SD)	51.2 ± 8.3	52.08 ± 8.7	0.767
Donor's age (yr, mean ± SD)	26.9 ± 6.3	32.3 ± 6.1	0.021
Recipient's gender (male/female)	19/2	12/0	0.523
Donor’s gender (male/female)	19/2	10/2	0.610
Hepatocellular carcinoma	6 (28.6)	8 (66.7)	0.033
History of bridging procedures1	4 (19.0)	6 (50.0)	0.114
History of SBP	10 (47.6)	1 (8.3)	0.052
History of paracentesis	11 (52.4)	4 (33.3)	0.290
Diabetes mellitus	8 (38.1)	5 (41.7)	1.000
Child-Pugh class (B/C)	10/11	5/7	0.741
MELD score (median, interquartile range)	14 (12-16)	16 (15-18)	0.136
Thrombocytopenia2	20 (95.2)	12 (100.0)	1.000
Leucopenia3	9 (42.9)	5 (41.7)	0.947
Renal impairment	2 (9.5)	1 (8.3)	1.000
High serum ferritin4	13 (61.9)	5 (41.7)	0.261
High C-reactive protein5	14 (66.7)	11 (91.7)	0.206

¹Bridging procedures included: Radiofrequency ablation, trans-arterial chemo-embolization and micro-wave ablation;

²Thrombocytopenia: Platelets less than 150000/mm³;

³Leucopenia: WBCs less than 4000/mm³;

⁴High serum ferritin: More than 333 ng;

⁵High C-reactive protein: More than 0.5 mg/L. SBP: Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis.