Clinical Characteristics of Diabetes Complicated by Bacterial Liver Abscess and Nondiabetes-Associated Liver Abscess

BACKGROUND: Bacterial liver abscess (BLA) is a secondary infectious disease caused by hepatic parenchymal inflammation and bacterial necrosis. Studies have shown that diabetic patients with BLA have higher rates of related adverse events than patients without diabetes. AIM: To explore the clinical characteristics of BLA complicated with diabetes and nondiabetes-related BLA. METHODS: From January 2019 to June 2020, 61 diabetic patients with BLA were included as the study group, and 61 BLA patients without diabetes were included as the control group. Clinical manifestations, laboratory examination index (prothrombin activity (PTA), albumin (propagated), white blood cell count (WBC), red blood cell count (RBC), plasma fibrinogen (FIB), C-reactive protein (CRP), neutrophil percentage (NEUT), and prealbumin (PA)) levels, blood cultivation, and fester situation in the two groups were analyzed. RESULTS: No differences of Fever, right upper abdominal pain, jaundice, vomiting and nausea, liver tenderness, and liver pain upon percussion were observed between the study and control groups. However, chill, cough and expectoration, and liver pain upon percussion were higher in the study group, while abdominal distension was lower. WBC, RBC, PA, PTA, FIB, and CRP were higher than the control group. NEUT was higher in the study group than in the control group and Alb was lower than that in the control group. There was no significant difference between the positivity of blood bacterial culture in the study and control groups. The positivity rate of Klebsiella pneumoniae in Gram-negative aerobic bacteria in the study group was higher than that in the control group. There was no significant difference between the positivity of fester culture of the two groups. The positivity of K. pneumoniae in Gram-negative aerobic bacteria in the study group was higher than that in the control group. The positivity of E. coli was lower in the study group than in the control group. CONCLUSION: Clinical manifestations and laboratory results of BLA patients with and without diabetes mellitus were significantly different. The symptoms of diabetics with BLA were serious.