Effect of alternative antibiotics in treatment of cefotaxime resistant spontaneous bacterial peritonitis

Table 3 Ascitic fluid parameters in group II at the beginning and end of alternative therapy

Variable	Meropenem subgroup	Levofloxacin subgroup	t	P value
	(n = 11)	(n = 8)
At initiation of alternative therapy
Glucose (mg/dL)	100.45 ± 80.33	113.50 ± 9.58	0.390	0.702
Protein (mg/dL)	1850.00 ± 529.26	1360.83 ± 572.08	1.771	0.097
LDH (IU/L)	450 (108-1200)	237 (120-831)	2.223	0.042
PMNLs/mm3	18  061 (957-23822)	3540 (957-15222)	3.622	0.000
At end of therapy
Glucose (mg/dL)	102.81 ± 39.35	124.00 ± 29.17	1.150	0.268
Protein (mg/dL)	1660.00 ± 418.85	1163.33 ± 516.78	2.156	0.052
PMNLs/mm3	316.01 ± 104.03	265.63 ± 69.61	1.056	0.307

Data are presented by mean ± SD or median (range). LDH: Lactate dehydrogenase; PMNLs: Polymorph nuclear leucocytes.