Table 5 Treatment, complications and outcomes of patients aged <65 years and ≥65 years with liver abscess
Total | Aged <65 years | Aged ≥65 years | Odds ratio (CI 95%) | p-value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | N | % | |||
Treatment | ||||||||
Antibiotic alone | 31 | 31.6 | 11 | 27.5 | 20 | 34.5 | 1.4 (0.6, 3.3) | 0.5 |
Antibiotic + percutaneous aspiration | 60 | 61.2 | 28 | 70 | 32 | 55.2 | 0.5 (0.2, 1.2) | 0.1 |
Antibiotic + surgical drainage ± percutaneous aspiration | 7 | 7.1 | 1 | 2.5 | 6 | 10.3 | 4.5 (0.5, 38.9) | 0.1 |
Antibiotics useda | ||||||||
Penicillins/beta-lactamase inhibitors | 31 | 31.6 | 16 | 40 | 15 | 25.9 | 0.5 (0.2, 1,2) | 0.1 |
Metronidazole | 25 | 26.5 | 14 | 35.0 | 12 | 20.7 | 4.5 (0.2, 1.2) | 0.1 |
Carbapenems | 23 | 23.5 | 9 | 22.5 | 14 | 24.1 | 1,1 (0.4, 2.8) | 0.8 |
Fluoroquinolones | 20 | 20.4 | 7 | 17.5 | 13 | 22.4 | 1.4 (0.5, 3.8) | 0.5 |
Cephalosporins | 15 | 25.5 | 8 | 20.0 | 17 | 29,3 | 1.7 (0.6, 4.3) | 0.3 |
Complications | ||||||||
Any complication | 54 | 55.1 | 17 | 42.5 | 37 | 68.5 | 2.3 (1.04, 5.4) | 0.04 |
Severe complications | 25 | 25.5 | 5 | 12.5 | 20 | 34.5 | 3.7 (1.2, 10.8) | 0.01 |
Type of complications | ||||||||
Septic shock | 14 | 14.3 | 2 | 5.0 | 12 | 20.7 | 4.9 (1.04, 23) | 0.03 |
Pleural effusion | 14 | 14.3 | 6 | 15.0 | 8 | 13.8 | 0.9 (0.3, 2.8) | 0.9 |
Acute renal failure | 8 | 8.2 | 1 | 2.5 | 7 | 12.1 | 5.3 (0.6, 45.3) | 0.09 |
Cardiac complications | 8 | 8.2 | 1 | 2.5 | 7 | 12.1 | 5.3 (0.6, 45) | 0.09 |
Thrombosis | 6 | 6.1 | 4 | 10.0 | 2 | 2.0 | 0.3 (0.05, 1.8) | 0.2 |
Biliary-pancreatic complication | 5 | 5.1 | 2 | 5.0 | 3 | 5.1 | 2.1 (0.5, 11) | 0.8 |
Infectious complications | 4 | 4.1 | 1 | 2.5 | 3 | 5.2 | 2.1 (0.2, 21, 2) | 0.5 |
Peritonitis | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.7 | NA | 1 |
Abdominal haematoma | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.7 | NA | 1 |
Outcome | ||||||||
Death | 8 | 8.2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 13.8 | NA | 0.02 |
mean | SD | mean | SD | mean | SD | |||
Admission days | 19.3 | 12.8 | 19.5 | 11.9 | 18.9 | 13.5 | NA | 0.728 |