Billy Jiwandono / (2022) PROFILE OF LEPROSY IN CHILDREN FROM 2014-2018 IN DR.SOETOMO GENERAL HOSPITAL SURABAYA. Skripsi thesis, UNIVERSITAS AIRLANGGA.

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Abstract

Background: Leprosy is an infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium Leprae. The exact how leprosy transmitted is still not proven yet, however many researchers believe that leprosy transmitted through nasal droplets and direct contact with skin. There are many other factors that may influence transmission include genetic problem, extent of exposure and the environmental conditions. Children are believed to the most vulnerable to leprosy. Objective: This study aims to described and analysed new leprosy profile in children at Dermatology and Venereology clinic of Dr. Soetomo General Hospital Surabaya from 2014-2018. Method: This study is descriptive method using patient medical data record. The sample of this study was all children with new leprosy in Dr. Soetomo General Hospital from 1st January of 2014 until 31th December of 2018. The data is taken from Dermatology and Venereology Clinic of Dr. Soetomo General Hospital. Afterwards, computed and compiled using univariate and bivariate on Microsoft Excel 2016. Result: There are 49 medical records of new leprosy patients in children found at Dermatology and Venereology clinic of Dr. Soetomo General Hospital Surabaya from 2014-2018. Most age groups occur at the age of 12-14 years old (42.6%). Male has higher risk than female (53.2%). Most of the patients did not know if had close contact with leprosy. However, 7 out of 14 patients (50%) had contact with leprosy from family and neighbor. Most of the lesion type form WHO classification is dominated by Multibacillary (40.4%) and Most of lesion type form Ridley-Jopling is Borderline-borderline (BB). The majority of the patients from Surabaya (55.3%). Most of the patients was supplemented with Vit B1 Tab 50mg (46.8%). In conclusion, most of the new leprosy patients in children are male, age 12-14 years old, contact with family member who had leprosy before, with Multibacillary lesion and BB type, from Surabaya, and was given Vit B1 Tab 50mg as extra supplement.

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