Single daily amikacin versus cefotaxime in the short-course treatment of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis in cirrhotics

Table 1 Comparison of clinical and laboratory characteristics of the patients

Characteristics	Treatment regimen
	Cefotaxime	Amikacin	P
Number of patients	19	18
Male/female	2月17日	11月7日	NS
Age(yr)1	54 ± 17	58 ± 11	NS
Etiologies of cirrhosis (%)2			NS
Alcoholism	3 (16)	2 (11)
Chronic hepatitis B	14 (74)	11 (61)
Chronic hepatitis C	1 (5)	4 (22)
Child-Pugh score1	11.4 ± 1.2	11.1 ± 1.1	NS
Serum creatinine(mg/dL)1	1.5 ± 0.5	1.4 ± 0.4	NS

¹Data are presented as mean ± SD.

²Data are presented as number and percentage of total. NS: not significant