Current scenario of leprosy at tertiary care level hospital of rural central india

Current Scenario of Smear-Positive Leprosy Cases in a Rural Tertiary Care Hospital in Nandyal, Andhra Pradesh

“…Increased mobility and frequent interaction with community leads to increased opportunity for contacts in males. 9 This is similar to findings reported by Stuti Kansra et al & Singh AL et al 1,10 Majority of the patients belonged to age group 21-40 years, which correlates with findings reported by Jindal et al & Mathan et al 11,12 The bacteriological indices of smear positive patients ranged from 1+ to 4+ with majority of the patients (28.57%) having BI of 1+indicating low bacillary load and good prognosis on treatment. But patients with BI 6+ (4.76%), having high bacillary load & disabilities are highly infectious and major cause of concern as they are more likely to transmit the disease among their contacts.…”

“…1 Large numbers of new cases have been detected in recent years because of adaption of new strategy "Modified Leprosy Elimination Campaign (MLEC)" and effective health education campaign. 10 The most important factor that could have significant impact on prevalence is the coverage of entire population with adequate multidrug therapy (MDT). 10 New cutting-edge diagnostic tools are not going to be available for bedside use anytime soon.…”

“…10 The most important factor that could have significant impact on prevalence is the coverage of entire population with adequate multidrug therapy (MDT). 10 New cutting-edge diagnostic tools are not going to be available for bedside use anytime soon. Slit-skin smear is still the most useful diagnostic method available.…”

Grade 2 Deformity and New Leprosy Cases, an Issue of Concern- A Retrospective, Descriptive Study in a Tertiary Care Hospital

“…It may be due to the intense field work and Information, Education and Communication activities of healthcare personals, referral of cases by private practitioners to the tertiary care hospital and increasing awareness of patients. In the study conducted by Singh et al, 14 there is an increasing trend in the new cases detection in the recent years. In the study conducted by Shiv Dharshan Singh et al, 8 it is a decreasing trend noted every year in the number of new cases of Leprosy.…”

Leprosy Scenario at a Tertiary-level Hospital in Navi Mumbai: A Four-year Retrospective Study

“…The most frequent morphologic type was BT (45.8%), which is less than the observations made by Tiwary et al (56.9%), 13 Mahajan et al, 14 and Singh et al 15 However, a high proportion of these BT patients were found to have MB disease (76.8% cases, n = 73/95) on investigation through slit skin smear (SSS) and biopsy. It has also been reported that among patients initially diagnosed as PB clinically, up to 38 to 51% turn out to have MB disease and, hence, are at risk of undertreatment.…”