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 |