Table 1.

Demographic and cutaneous leishmaniasis characteristics of the studied population

Characteristics	Children	Adult	P value
Number of patients	56	56
Female	27 (48.2%)	24 (42.9%)	0.569
Duration of lesions (weeks)	7.00 ± 6.13	5.13 ± 3.54	0.062
Type of lesions
Papule	13 (23.2%)	9 (16.1%)	0.063
Plaque	11 (19.6%)	17 (30.4%)
Nodule	10 (17.9%)	4 (7.1%)
Ulcer	4 (7.1%)	10 (17.8%)
Papulo-plaque	12 (21.4%)	9 (16.1%)
Plaque and nodule	1 (1.8%)	3 (5.4%)
Plaque and ulcer	5 (8.95)	4 (7.1%)
Location of lesions
Head and neck	38 (68.4%)	18 (32.14)	0.006
Upper and lower limbs	16 (28.8%)	36 (64.28%)
Trunk	2 (3.6%)	2 (3.6%)