Research Article
First Evidence from Sri Lanka for Subphenotypic Diversity within L. donovani-Induced Classical Cutaneous Leishmaniasis
Table 1
Comparison of clinical profile of early and late lesions.
| | Clinical characteristics | Early lesions
(≤3 months) | Chronic lesions
(>12 months) | | Count | (%) | Count | (%) |
| | Lesion type | Papular | 31 | (13.6) | 9 | (25.7) | | Nodular | 85 | (37.3) | 12 | (34.3) | | Ulcerating nodules | 62 | (27.2) | 7 | (20.0) | | Complete ulcers | 50 | (21.9) | 7 | (20.0) | | Total | 228 | (100.0) | 35 | (100.0) |
| | Lesion size | ≤2 cm | 143 | (62.7) | 18 | (51.4) | | >2 cm | 85 | (37.3) | 17 | (48.6) | | Total | 228 | (100.0) | 35 | (100.0) |
| | Number of lesions | Single | 203 | (89.0) | 28 | (80.0) | | Multiple | 25 | (11.0) | 7 | (20.0) | | Total | 228 | (100.0) | 35 | (100.0) |
| | Age in years | Up to 20 | 46 | (20.2) | 13 | (37.1) | | 21-40 | 91 | (39.9) | 16 | (45.7) | | Over 40 | 91 | (39.9) | 6 | (17.1) | | Total | 228 | (100.0) | 35 | (100.0) |
| | Lesion itchiness | Reported | 16 | (17.8) | 1 | (4.0) | | Not reported | 74 | (82.2) | 24 | (96.0) | | Total | 90 | (100.0) | 25 | (100.0) |
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Missing data were excluded. |
