Clinical Characteristics Associated with Antibiotic Treatment Failure for Tuboovarian Abscesses

Table 1

Demographic characteristics by treatment group.

Demographics	MED; ()	MED/IRD; ()	IRD; ()	SURG; ()	All patients; ()
Age (years) (mean ± SD)	38 (11.33)	37 (11.91)	45 ()	46 (10.49)	40.4 (13.1)
Nulliparous	18 (41%)	18 (72%)	3 (23%)	9 (35%)	39 (36%)
Caucasian	18 (40%)	19 (73%)	9 (60%)	17 (74%)	79 (63%)
African American	8 (18%)	2 (8%)	2 (13%)	4 (17%)	16 (13%)
Hispanic	15 (33%)	5 (19%)	3 (20%)	0 (0%)	23 (18%)
Prior gonorrhea/chlamydia infection	8 (21%)	2 (9%)	1 (8%)	0 (0%)	11 (13%)
Current contraception use	17 (49%)	12 (57%)	3 (38%)	12 (63%)	66 (59%)
History of Bilateral Tubal Ligation (BTL)	0 (0%)	4 (19%)	1 (13%)	2 (11%)	16 (19%)

MED: intravenous antibiotic treatment only.
MED/IRD: initial interventional radiology drainage with concurrent intravenous antibiotics.
IRD: failed intravenous antibiotic treatment requiring subsequent interventional radiology drainage.
SURG: initial surgical intervention.