Pattern of skin diseases among patients attending a tertiary care teaching hospital in kerala

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Study on drug utilization pattern of antibiotics among dermatology in-patients of a tertiary care teaching hospital, Karaikal, Puducherry

“…The study performed by Das et al, 6 reported that psoriasis (7.7%) is least in its incidence among major dermatological diseases found in that part of India. Our study revealed that incidence of Hansen's disease is only 2.04%, which is similar with study of Das et al, 6 and is less than that of Das et al, 6 and Chatterjee 27 and is more than the reported percentage in the study observed by Rao et al 8 and Devi et al, 11 Asokan et al 27 This variation in disease pattern might be because the pattern of skin diseases are influenced by various factors such as religion, race, occupation, nutritional habits, etc. 4 and also transmissible skin diseases are observed generally in people living in poor socioeconomic and unhygienic conditions.…”

Pattern of skin diseases in a tertiary institution in Kolkata

“…By review various reports, we find that almost all studies mentioned here[2357891011] are compatible with our reports i.e., the commonest skin disease is of infective origin, followed by allergic diseases except two reports,[412] which show the reverse situation. But, the reports of two developed countries[1314] show opposite reports of one another.…”

“…There is good similarity between our study and a report from neighouring state of Assam[2] about infective dermatoses, eczema, non-malignant papulosquamous disorder, acne, melanodermatoses, hair disorders, vesiculo-bullous disorder, skin and appendegeal tumors, and also very close to another Indian study[8] in infective and acne disorders but wide deviation from other Indian study[3] about infective diseases. This indicates geographic position of study center.…”

“…For infective dermatoses, by reviewing different studies,[236789101215] it is clear that the fungal or bacterial infections are the commonest infective skin disorder, instead of parasitic and protozoal infestations of our study. It is probably due to large number of urban slam populations around this tertiary institution.…”

Pattern of skin diseases in Kumaun region of Uttarakhand

“…[1][2][3] Further, this trend was noticed in our present study with noninfective skin diseases accounting for 58.7% cases. However, some other studies have reported higher prevalence of infective skin diseases varying from 35.2% to 59.1%.…”