Incidence and Clinical Profile of Leprosy in a Tertiary Care Hospital Vadodara

Dr. Ritu Bhatt; Dr. Tanuja B. Javadekar; Dr. Sonia Barve

Volume : X, Issue : VII, July - 2020

Incidence and Clinical Profile of Leprosy in a Tertiary Care Hospital Vadodara

Dr. Ritu Bhatt, Dr. Tanuja B. Javadekar, Dr. Sonia Barve

Abstract :

Introduction: Leprosy is caused by Mycobacterium leprae. Leprosy an infectious disease still remains a major public health hazard because of fear, ignorance , deformities and disfigurement it remains as a social stigma. Though it has been eliminated from the world and from India, it has not been completely eradicated. New cases continue to occur indicating an active transmission of the disease from person to person. Therefore this present study was conducted to ascertain the incidence and clinical profile of leprosy cases at a tertiary care center Vadodara. This study further proposed various strategies to reduce incidence rates, as this disease, for the most part, is acquired by contact with the infected persons. Material and methods: Slit skin smears of clinical suspected case of leprosy were collected from skin OPD, medical college baroda. And smears were stain with Ziehl & Neelsen staining for detection of Acid fast bacilli(AFB). Result & conclusion: 100 patients were recruited in to this study. 55 were male and 45 were female. AFB (M.leprae) was found in 25 cases in which 14 were males and 11 were females