Clinico-epidemiological Profile of Cutaneous Tuberculosis in Dr. M. Djamil Hospital Padang Period of 2015 - 2017

Indah Indria Sari, Tuttty Ariani

2018

Abstract

Cutaneous tuberculosis (CTB) is a relatively rare manifestation with a wide spectrum of clinical profiles depending on the source of infection and the immune status of the host that is influenced by co morbidity diseases. The study was conducted to assess the epidemiology and clinical profile of patient with CTB in Dr. M. Djamil Hospital Padang. A retrospective study had been done by collecting data from the medical records of patients with diagnosis of CTB at Dr. M. Djamil Hospital Padang between January 2015 and December 2017. A total of 17 cases are included in the final analysis. There were 9 males and 8 females with ratio males : females was 1.3:1 and generally occurs in young adults (64.7%). All of patients had no family history of tuberculosis infection. Among these patients, 76.48% was scrofuloderma, 11.76% was lupus vulgaris and 11.76% was tuberculosis verrucosa cutis. Neck was the most common site of involvement. Regional lymphadenopathy was found in 82.35%. Pulmonary tuberculosis was found in 76.47% patients. There were 3 patients had acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), 2 patients had diabetes mellitus, 1 patient had chronic kidney disease and 1 patient had malnutrition. Combination of scrofuloderma and morbus hansen was noted in one patient. CTB had wide variation with most of cases having co morbidity diseases. More multi-department studies should be carried out to obtain clinic- epidemiological profile of cutaneous tuberculosis in Dr. M. Djamil Hospital, Padang, Indonesia.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Sari I. and Ariani T. (2018). Clinico-epidemiological Profile of Cutaneous Tuberculosis in Dr. M. Djamil Hospital Padang Period of 2015 - 2017.In Proceedings of the 23rd Regional Conference of Dermatology - Volume 1: RCD, ISBN 978-989-758-494-7, pages 267-271. DOI: 10.5220/0008155402670271

in Bibtex Style

@conference{rcd18,
author={Indah Indria Sari and Tuttty Ariani},
title={Clinico-epidemiological Profile of Cutaneous Tuberculosis in Dr. M. Djamil Hospital Padang Period of 2015 - 2017},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 23rd Regional Conference of Dermatology - Volume 1: RCD,},
year={2018},
pages={267-271},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0008155402670271},
isbn={978-989-758-494-7},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 23rd Regional Conference of Dermatology - Volume 1: RCD,
TI - Clinico-epidemiological Profile of Cutaneous Tuberculosis in Dr. M. Djamil Hospital Padang Period of 2015 - 2017
SN - 978-989-758-494-7
AU - Sari I.
AU - Ariani T.
PY - 2018
SP - 267
EP - 271
DO - 10.5220/0008155402670271