Fig. 2

Clinical course. The blue dotted line represents the white blood cell (WBC) count (right y-axis), and the yellow line represents the C-reactive protein (CRP) level (left y-axis). The patient required hospitalization and antibiotic therapy to treat preoperative cholangitis, postoperative bile leakage, and postoperative liver abscess. The numbers of “cultures of bile or drainage fluid” correspond to Table 1. TAZ/PIPC tazobactam/piperacillin, LVFX levofloxacin, CFPM cefepime, ABPC ampicillin, CMZ cefmetazole, MEPM meropenem, VCM vancomycin