Clinical significance of C-reactive protein values in antibiotic treatment for pyogenic liver abscess

Table 1 Data of liver abscess patients and duration of antibiotic treatment (mean ± SD)

	Experimental group	Control group	P value
Age (yr)	57.72 ± 10.39	58.68 ± 11.73	0.779
Women, n (%)	5 (28)	9 (32)	0.754
Size of abscess before therapy (diameter)	7.22 ± 1.44	8.01 ± 2.63	0.291
Size of abscess after therapy (diameter)	3.64 ± 0.89	4.02 ± 1.77	0.484
Antibiotic treatment before percutaneous drainage (d)	7.22 ± 5.39	6.82 ± 4.59	0.788
Antibiotic treatment after percutaneous drainage (d)	15.83 ± 6.45	24.25 ± 8.18	0.0011
Duration of follow-up (mo)	9.25 ± 5.67	9.24 ± 4.94	0.995
Recurrence rate	0%	11% (follow-up information for 3 individuals was not obtained)	0.151
Total duration of antibiotic treatment (d)	23.06 ± 7.36	31.11 ± 7.30	0.0011

¹Statistical difference between the two groups of data.