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ArticleThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2022

Pediatric Leprosy Profile in the Postelimination Era: A Study from Surabaya, Indonesia.

Novianti Rizky Reza, Bagus Hario Kusumaputro, Medhi Denisa Alinda, Muhammad Yulianto Listiawan, Hok Bing Thio, Cita Rosita Sigit Prakoeswa

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Article in The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 32% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Atypical manifestation of leprosy in a pediatric patient.Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Novianti Rizky RezaDepartment of Dermatology and Venereology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga-Dr. Soetomo General Academic Hospital Surabaya, Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia.
Bagus Hario KusumaputroDepartment of Dermatology and Venereology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga-Dr. Soetomo General Academic Hospital Surabaya, Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia.
Medhi Denisa AlindaDepartment of Dermatology and Venereology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga-Dr. Soetomo General Academic Hospital Surabaya, Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia.
Muhammad Yulianto ListiawanDepartment of Dermatology and Venereology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga-Dr. Soetomo General Academic Hospital Surabaya, Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia.
Hok Bing ThioDepartment of Dermatology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Cita Rosita Sigit PrakoeswaDepartment of Dermatology and Venereology, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Airlangga-Dr. Soetomo General Academic Hospital Surabaya, Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia.
University of Surabaya · IDErasmus MC · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Children who live in leprosy-endemic areas are susceptible to infection due to early and frequent exposure to Mycobacterium leprae. Indonesia is on the verge of eliminating this disease (prevalence rate < 1/10,000 population), but pediatric leprosy continues to occur in low-endemic areas. This study aimed to evaluate pediatric leprosy over a decade in a tertiary hospital in Surabaya, Indonesia. A retrospective study of leprosy in children under 15 years old between 2010 and 2019 was conducted in the Morbus Hansen Division, Outpatient Clinic at Dr. Soetomo Hospital in Surabaya, Indonesia. Seventy pediatric leprosy cases were identified between 2010 and 2019, consisting of 58 multibacillary (MB)-type cases and 12 paucibacillary (PB)-type cases. Slit skin smear (SSS) was positive in 26 cases. There were two cases of grade-2 disability and 15 cases of leprosy reaction (erythema nodosum leprosum) in children at the time of diagnosis. There was an insignificant decline in the number of pediatric leprosy cases in the last 10 years. Cases and disabilities in children were found in some leprosy pocket areas even though the national elimination rate has been achieved. MB infections, disability, and treatment defaults were common problems in pediatric leprosy.

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LeprosyLeprosy, MultibacillaryAdolescentChildHumansIndonesiaMycobacterium lepraeRetrospective Studies

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PMID35008042
PMCPMC8922520
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