01973nas a2200277   4500000000100000008004100001653001300042653001600055653001000071653001400081653001200095653001900107653001000126100001200136700002200148700001200170700001300182700002200195700001800217700001200235700001700247245017400264856006100438520118200499022001401681       2017                            d10aEthiopia10aAdolescents10aChild10aHospitals10aleprosy10aMultibacillary10arural1 aRamos J1 aOrtiz-Martínez S1 aLemma D1 aPetros M1 aOrtiz-Martínez C1 aTesfamariam A1 aReyes F1 aBelinchón I00aEpidemiological and Clinical Characteristics of Children and Adolescents with Leprosy Admitted Over 16 Years at a Rural Hospital in Ethiopia: A Retrospective Analysis.  uhttps://academic.oup.com/tropej/article/64/3/195/38844313 a<p><strong>Aim: </strong>To analyse differences in children and adolescents aged ≤18 years admitted to the leprosy ward in a rural Ethiopian hospital &gt;16 years.</p>

<p><strong>Methods: </strong>We retrospectively collected data from leprosy admission registry books on patients with leprosy who were admitted to a referral hospital from September 2000 to September 2016.</p>

<p><strong>Results: </strong>There were 2129 admissions for leprosy during the study period: 180 (8.4%) patients were s ≤ 18 years old. Of these, 98 (54.4%) were male and 82 (45.6%) were female. The proportion of new diagnoses in children and adolescents was 31.7%, significantly higher than in adults (11.7%; p  &lt; 0.001). There were also significant differences in the prevalence of lepromatous ulcers (46.9 vs. 61.7%), leprosy reaction (29.4 vs. 13.0%) and neuritis (16.9 vs.5.3%) between these age groups.</p>

<p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>There were more new diagnoses, leprosy reactions and neuritis, and fewer lepromatous ulcers, in children and adolescents compared with adults, with younger patients being referred more frequently to reference centres.</p>
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