Research Article
First Evidence from Sri Lanka for Subphenotypic Diversity within L. donovani-Induced Classical Cutaneous Leishmaniasis
Table 3
Enlargement, multiplication, and ulceration of early lesions.
| | Geographical region | Clinical characteristics of lesions | Lesion size | | ≤1 cm | 1-2 cm | 2-3 cm | 3-4 cm | >4 cm | | Count | (%) | Count | (%) | Count | (%) | Count | (%) | Count | (%) |
| | North | Lesion number | ≤1 | 25 | (78.1) | 9 | (69.2) | 7 | (100.0) | 1 | (33.3) | 0 | (0.0) | | >1 | 7 | (21.9) | 4 | (30.8) | 0 | (0.0) | 2 | (66.7) | 2 | (100.0) | | Total | 32 | (100.0) | 13 | (100.0) | 7 | (100.0) | 3 | (100.0) | 2 | (100.0) | | Lesion type | NUT | 25 | (78.1) | 9 | (69.2) | 3 | (42.9) | 2 | (66.7) | 1 | (50.0) | | UT | 7 | (21.9) | 4 | (30.8) | 4 | (57.1) | 1 | (33.3) | 1 | (50.0) | | Total | 32 | (100.0) | 13 | (100.0) | 7 | (100.0) | 3 | (100.0) | 2 | (100.0) |
| | South | Lesion number | ≤1 | 42 | (91.3) | 48 | (92.3) | 22 | (91.7) | 27 | (100.0) | 22 | (100.0) | | >1 | 4 | (8.7) | 4 | (7.7) | 2 | (8.3) | 0 | (0.0) | 0 | (0.0) | | Total | 46 | (100.0) | 52 | (100.0) | 24 | (100.0) | 27 | (100.0) | 22 | (100.0) | | Lesion type | NUT | 25 | (54.3) | 22 | (42.3) | 12 | (50.0) | 11 | (40.7) | 6 | (27.3) | | UT | 21 | (45.7) | 30 | (57.7) | 12 | (50.0) | 16 | (59.3) | 16 | (72.7) | | Total | 46 | (100.0) | 52 | (100.0) | 24 | (100.0) | 27 | (100.0) | 22 | (100.0) |
| | Total | Lesion number | ≤1 | 67 | (85.9) | 57 | (87.7) | 29 | (93.5) | 28 | (93.3) | 22 | (91.7) | | >1 | 11 | (14.1) | 8 | (12.3) | 2 | (6.5) | 2 | (6.7) | 2 | (8.3) | | Total | 78 | (100.0) | 65 | (100.0) | 31 | (100.0) | 30 | (100.0) | 24 | (100.0) | | Lesion type | NUT | 50 | (64.1) | 31 | (47.7) | 15 | (48.4) | 13 | (43.3) | 7 | (29.2) | | UT | 28 | (35.9) | 34 | (52.3) | 16 | (51.6) | 17 | (56.7) | 17 | (70.8) |
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