Table 1 Clinical features and laboratory findings of a case of K. pneumoniae-related pyogenic liver abscess

Demographic and clinical characteristics

Age

50 years old

Sex

Male

Clinical presentation

Fever and chills

Computed tomography (CT) findings

A 70 × 70 × 70 mm abscess in the right lobe of the liver

Underlying diseases

Diabetes mellitus (DM) and liver transplantation

Initial empirical antibiotic

Imipenem

Laboratory findings and duration of hospitalization

Week

In the first week after admission

After eight weeks

After sixteen weeks

After twenty weeks

Reference range

Parameters

WBC (×10³/µL)

6000

15,700

10,200

7300

4.0–10.0

FBS (mg/dL)

175

ND

ND

ND

70–99

BUN (mg/dL)

15

40

24

15

7.0–24.0

Creatinine (mg/dL)

1.1

1.8

1.5

0.9

0.7–1.3

C-reactive protein (mg/L)

96

ND

ND

8

Up to 6

ESR (mm/h)

105

ND

ND

ND

Up to 20

ALP (U/L)

543

1203

1416

4353

40–129

AST (U/L)

27

48

30

101

Up to 40

ALT (U/L)

33

119

36

208

Up to 41

Direct bilirubin (mg/dL)

0.9

3.1

0.6

6

Up to 0.4

Total bilirubin (mg/dL)

2.1

5.39

1

12

< 1.3

Hemoglobin (g/dL)

8.2

13

7.4

7

13.0–17.0