Clinical Characteristics Associated with Antibiotic Treatment Failure for Tuboovarian Abscesses

Table 2

Admission clinical characteristics by treatment group.

	MED	MED/IRD; ()	IRD; ()	SURG; ()
Duration of pain prior to presentation (days) (mean ± SD)	5.49; (4.87)	5.2; (5.68); 0.82	4.25; (2.7); 0.4	2.6; (2.16); 0.03
Presence of cervical motion tenderness (CMT)	22 (58%)	8 (44%); 0.26	1 (20%); 0.13	0 (0%); 0.01
Admission temperature (F) (mean ± SD)	100.6 (1.84)	99.7 (2.02); 0.08	100 (2.03); 0.3	99.9 (2.13); 0.2
Mean white blood cell count (WBC), K/L (SD)	13.9 (5.12)	15 (3.97); 0.3	18.7 (5.94); 0.003	16.5 (5.82); 0.05
Unilateral abscess	30 (71%)	19 (76%); 0.28	12 (80%); 0.38	20 (80%); 0.31
Largest dimension of TOA (cm) (SD)	5.18 (2.05)	7.42 (3.22); 0.02	6.78 (2.95); 0.03	7.85 (3.96); 0.001

MED is reference group for comparisons.
⁢ < 0.05 denotes statistical significance.
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.