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Volume 2 Issue 4 (October-December, 2014)

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Assessment of cases of leprosy- A clinical study
Apoorva Singh, Jayanti Singh

Background: Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium (M.) leprae. The present study assessed cases of leprosy. Materials & Methods: 48 clinically confirmed cases of leprosy of both genders were included. Slit skin smear was performed in each case at the time of diagnosis and 6 monthly thereafter. Results: 36 patients were of primary cutaneous and 12 were of primary neuritic, among primary cutaneous most common variety was TT seen in 12 and in primary neuritic was PN seen in 5. Grade 1 deformity was seen in 9 and grade 2 in 4. Lepra reaction type 1 was seen in 3 and type 2 in 8 patients. The difference was significant (P< 0.05). Conclusion: Histopathological examination is must for confirmation of diagnosis in doubtful cases of leprosy. Maximum case were of primary cutaneous type. Key words: Leprosy, Slit skin, Mycobacterium leprae.

 
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