Table 1 Clinical characteristics of all enrolled patients at the onset of cyst infection
Patient number | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Total (mean ± SD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender (M/F) | M | F | F | F | F | M | F | F | M | M | 10 (4/6) |
Age (years) | 62 | 84 | 47 | 67 | 62 | 61 | 70 | 79 | 63 | 63 | 65.8 ± 8.9 |
Renal function | On dialysis | On dialysis | On dialysis | On dialysis | On dialysis | Serum Cr 0.88 mg/dL | On dialysis | On dialysis | On dialysis | On dialysis | Dialysis 9 Non dialysis 1 |
Body weight (kg) | 61.4 | 42.7 | 51.5 | 51.1 | 41.4 | 59.9 | 47.1 | 48.1 | 55.8 | 66 | 52.5 ± 8.2 |
Total kidney volume (cm3) | 4878.9 | 1696.1 | 1193.9 | 559.1 | 3429.6 | 8284.4 | 905.8 | 1386.0 | 1992.1 | 4498.7 | 2882.5 ± 2419 |
Liver volume (cm3) | 5173.4 | 1527.9 | 4651.3 | 2903.0 | 2661.9 | 8965.7 | 2235.9 | 8340.5 | 4339.8 | 850.0 | 4164.9 ± 2734 |
Number of prior cyst infections | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 5.2 ± 5.6 |
Site of infected cyst | Liver | Liver | Liver | Liver | Liver | Liver | Liver | Liver | Kidney | Kidney | Liver 8 Kidney 2 |
Maximum body temperature (°C) | 40.0 | 39.0 | 38.0 | 38.5 | 38.4 | 39.0 | 38.7 | 39.0 | 39.9 | 39.0 | 38.6 ± 1.3 |
Abdominal pain/flank pain/back pain | Flank pain | Epigastric pain | Right hypochondralgia | Epigastric pain | None | Epigastric pain | Epigastric pain | Right hypochondralgia | none | None | |
Pyuria | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | None | |
Blood culture test | E.coli | N | N | N | N | E-coli | N | N | E-coli | N | Negative 7 |
Cyst content culture test | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | N | Negative 10 |
Blood test | |||||||||||
Maximum WBC (/μL) | 7050 | 6900 | 8500 | 11,400 | 7900 | 14,400 | 8800 | 8100 | 7100 | 7800 | 8795 ± 2358 |
Hb (g/dL) | 10.0 | 9.6 | 10.5 | 7.7 | 10.1 | 8.6 | 9.4 | 9.8 | 9.6 | 11 | 9.6 ± 0.9 |
Total protein (g/dL) | 8 | 4.9 | 7.4 | 6.9 | 7.3 | 8.2 | 6.9 | 7.7 | 7.4 | 6.6 | 7.1 ± 0.9 |
Alb (g/dL) | 2.5 | 1.8 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 2.5 ± 0.4 |
GOT (IU/L) | 14 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 16 | 29 | 18 | 17 | 19 | 12 | 15.6 ± 6.1 |
GPT (IU/L) | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7.5 ± 9.7 |
ChE (IU/L) | 122 | 192 | 272 | 245 | 158 | 60 | 214 | 199 | 195.5 (131, 237.3)a | ||
ALP (IU/L) | 392 | 277 | 199 | 290 | 613 | 720 | 499 | 273 | 359 | 260 | 324.5 (269, 527)a |
γGTP (IU/L) | 46 | 51 | 66 | 47 | 72 | 154 | 73 | 44 | 69 | 31 | 58.5 (45.5, 72.3)a |
CRP (mg/dL) | 21.84 | 20.90 | 21.20 | 8.9 | 21.4 | 16.0 | 26.9 | 10.7 | 15.50 | 12.8 | 18.5 (12.3, 21.5)a |