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Table 2 Comparison of laboratory data and severity of bacteremia

From: The prevalence of the iutA and ibeA genes in Escherichia coli isolates from severe and non-severe patients with bacteremic acute biliary tract infection is significantly different

  Total Non-severe group (Pitt < 2) Severe group (Pitt ≥ 2) P value
White blood cell counts (per μL) median (min–max) 9800 (1200–25,600) 10,500 (2400–25,600) 8600 (1200–23,200) 0.0492*
Platelets (× 10,000/μL) 16.1 (7.0–38.1) 17.6 (7–38.1) 15.2 (7.0–35.1) 0.211
Albumin (g/dL) 3.2 (1.0–4.5) 3.15 (1.0–4.5) 3.5 (2.0–4.2) 0.136
Total bilirubin (mg/dL) 2.0 (0.4–11.6) 2.0 (0.4–11.6) 2.2 (0.5–7.0) 0.148
AST (U/L) 100 (16–1591) 98 (16–1026) 133 (17–1591) 0.152
ALT (U/L) 91 (11–724) 77 (13–569) 100 (11–724) 0.4
g-GTP (U/L) 328 (11–2118) 346 (11–2118) 288 (14–817) 0.621
ALP (U/L) 733 (143–3520) 855 (143–3520) 594(232–3278) 0.026*
CRP (mg/dL) 3.76 (0.08–22.32) 3.48 (0.08–18.53) 5.0 (0.11–22.32) 0.687
  1. AST aspartate aminotransferase, ALT alanine aminotransferase, g-GTP gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase, ALP alkaline phosphatase, CRP C-reactive protein
  2. *With statistical significance