Clinico-bacterial correlation of bacterial index in Hansen’s disease
<div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="section"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><strong>Background: </strong><span>Leprosy has a broad spectrum of clinical manifestations. Clinical...
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| description | <div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="section"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><strong>Background: </strong><span>Leprosy has a broad spectrum of clinical manifestations. Clinical information along with </span><span>Bacterial evidence is necessary to achieve accurate diagnosis. The present study was carried out to nd out clinical and bacterial correlation in various presentations according to Ridley Jopling classi cation </span><span>of Hansen’s Disease. </span></p><p><strong>Materials and Methods: </strong><span>It was a hospital based cross-sectional comparative study of 72 leprosy patients over a period of 1 year and it’s clinico-Bacterial correlation was done with the help of Slit Skin Smear </span><span>and clinical classi cation. </span></p><p><strong>Results: </strong><span>This study included 72 leprosy patients at various stages according to Ridley Jopling </span><span>classi cation. Maximum cases belonged to Borderline Tuberculoid leprosy 28(38.88%) followed by Tuberculoid leprosy 15(20.83%). Slit Skin Smear showed 12(42.85%) of Borderline Tuberculoid and 3(20%) of Tuberculoid cases had disparity and didn’t match corresponding clinical subtype. </span></p><p><span><strong>Conclusion:</strong> </span><span>Clinical features along with Bacterial index is useful in making accurate diagnosis so that appropriate treatment could be started and hence deformity and disability could be prevented. </span></p></div></div></div></div> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-32fa8f6ee104405e95c017d6088dd0fb2022-12-21T19:08:17ZengAssociation of Clinical Pathologists of NepalJournal of Pathology of Nepal2091-07972091-09082016-09-01612998100010.3126/jpn.v6i12.1628512627Clinico-bacterial correlation of bacterial index in Hansen’s diseaseSM Jha0AKS Dangol1S Shakya2B Jha3Department of Dermatology and Sexually Transmitted infections, Shree Birendra Hospital, KathmanduDepartment of Dermatology and Sexually Transmitted infections, Shree Birendra Hospital, KathmanduDepartment of Dermatology and Sexually Transmitted infections, Shree Birendra Hospital, KathmanduDepartment of Microbiology, Kathmandu Medical College, Kathmandu<div class="page" title="Page 1"><div class="section"><div class="layoutArea"><div class="column"><p><strong>Background: </strong><span>Leprosy has a broad spectrum of clinical manifestations. Clinical information along with </span><span>Bacterial evidence is necessary to achieve accurate diagnosis. The present study was carried out to nd out clinical and bacterial correlation in various presentations according to Ridley Jopling classi cation </span><span>of Hansen’s Disease. </span></p><p><strong>Materials and Methods: </strong><span>It was a hospital based cross-sectional comparative study of 72 leprosy patients over a period of 1 year and it’s clinico-Bacterial correlation was done with the help of Slit Skin Smear </span><span>and clinical classi cation. </span></p><p><strong>Results: </strong><span>This study included 72 leprosy patients at various stages according to Ridley Jopling </span><span>classi cation. Maximum cases belonged to Borderline Tuberculoid leprosy 28(38.88%) followed by Tuberculoid leprosy 15(20.83%). Slit Skin Smear showed 12(42.85%) of Borderline Tuberculoid and 3(20%) of Tuberculoid cases had disparity and didn’t match corresponding clinical subtype. </span></p><p><span><strong>Conclusion:</strong> </span><span>Clinical features along with Bacterial index is useful in making accurate diagnosis so that appropriate treatment could be started and hence deformity and disability could be prevented. </span></p></div></div></div></div>http://www.nepjol.info/index.php/JPN/article/view/16285Leprosy, Slit Skin Smear, Skin Lesions, Bacterial Index |
| spellingShingle | SM Jha AKS Dangol S Shakya B Jha Clinico-bacterial correlation of bacterial index in Hansen’s disease Journal of Pathology of Nepal Leprosy, Slit Skin Smear, Skin Lesions, Bacterial Index |
| title | Clinico-bacterial correlation of bacterial index in Hansen’s disease |
| title_full | Clinico-bacterial correlation of bacterial index in Hansen’s disease |
| title_fullStr | Clinico-bacterial correlation of bacterial index in Hansen’s disease |
| title_full_unstemmed | Clinico-bacterial correlation of bacterial index in Hansen’s disease |
| title_short | Clinico-bacterial correlation of bacterial index in Hansen’s disease |
| title_sort | clinico bacterial correlation of bacterial index in hansen s disease |
| topic | Leprosy, Slit Skin Smear, Skin Lesions, Bacterial Index |
| url | http://www.nepjol.info/index.php/JPN/article/view/16285 |
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