Clinicopathological and Immunological Changes in Indian Post Kala-Azar Dermal Leishmaniasis (PKDL) Cases in relation to Treatment: A Retrospective Study

Table 1

Showing age, sex, duration of past history of Kala-azar and leishmania positivity in various types of PKDL cases.

Type of lesion	Hypopigmented macular	Papuloerythematous	Mixed macular Papulonodular lesion	Total
Number of PKDL Cases	25	15	20	60
With past history of Kala-azar	21	14	19	54
No past history of Kala-azar	04	01	01	06
Mean age range (years)	14.15 (7–30)	21.78 (10–36)	26.86 (17–57)	20.45 (7–57)
Sex (male/female)	15/8	6/9	18/4	39/21
Duration of past History of Kala-azar in mean (range)	5 years; (4 months–10 years)	8.95 years; (1–22 years)	8.75 years; (3–18 years)	7.5 years; (4 months–22 years)
Leishmania parasite positivity number (%)	10 (40%)	13 (86.67%)	19 (95%)	40 (66.67%)
DAT positivity (%) cases titre	83.4%; (1 : 800–1 : 6400)	83.33%; (1 : 1600–1 : 6400)	93.75%; (1 : 12800)	86.83%; (1 : 800–1 : 12800)