Clinical and epidemiological characteristics of pyogenic liver abscess in people 65 years or older versus people under 65: a retrospective study

Table 6 Treatment and mortality according to size of liver abscess

	Size category
	< 4 cm (n = 46)		4–9.9 cm (n = 42)		≥ 10 cm (n = 10)		p-value
	N	%	N	%	N	%
Treatment
Antibiotic alone	24	52.2	7	16.7	0	0	<0.001
Antibiotic + percutaneous aspiration	19	41.3	32	76.2	9	90	0.001
Antibiotic + surgical drainage^a	3	6.5	3	7.1	1	10	0.9
Mortality	4	8.7	4	9.5	0	0	0.9

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