Comparison of Laboratory Data of Acute Cholangitis Patients Treated with or without Immunosuppressive Drugs
Table 1
Patients’ characteristics.
Male
Female
Total
Number
37
32
69
Age, years
Cause of acute cholangitis
Bile duct stone
35
31
66
Bile duct cancer
2
0
2
Pancreatic cancer
0
1
1
Immunosuppressant
(−)
33
21
54
Corticosteroid
1
7
8a,b
Methotrexate
2
2
4c
Corticosteroid + methotrexate
1
2
3
Immunosuppressant indication
Rheumatoid arthritis
3
11
14
Microscopic polyangitis
1
0
1
Polyarteritis nodosa
0
1
1
Polymyalgia rheumatica
0
1
1
One female with methylprednisolone, and the other patients with prednisolone; one female with prednisolone and etanercept; one female with methotrexate and etanercept.