Table 4.
Comparison of clinical profile in soldiers and civilians from Southern Sri Lanka (n=379).
| Clinical features of lesion | Military (LPIA∗∗ north) |
Civilian (LPIA∗∗ South) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Count | (%) | Count | (%) | ||
| Number of lesions∗ | Single | 11 | (57.9) | 341 | (94.7) |
| Multiple | 8 | (42.1) | 19 | (5.3) | |
| Total | 19 | (100.0) | 360 | (100.0) | |
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| Duration∗ | <6months | 14 | (73.7) | 282 | (78.3) |
| >6 months | 5 | (26.3) | 78 | (21.7) | |
| Total | 19 | (100.0) | 360 | (100.0) | |
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| Lesion size∗ | ≤2 cm | 14 | (73.7) | 183 | (50.8) |
| >2 cm | 5 | (26.3) | 177 | (49.2) | |
| Total | 19 | (100.0) | 360 | (100.0) | |
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| Lesion type | Non-ulcerated | 9 | (64.3) | 24 | (48.0) |
| Ulcerated | 5 | (35.7) | 26 | (52.0) | |
| Total | 14 | (100.0) | 50 | (100.0) | |
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| Lesion site | Distal limbs | 10 | (71.4) | 21 | (42.0) |
| Proximal limbs | 0 | (0.0) | 1 | (2.0) | |
| Trunk | 1 | (7.1) | 5 | (10.0) | |
| Head and Neck | 3 | (21.4) | 23 | (46.0) | |
| Total | 14 | (100.0) | 50 | (100.0) | |
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| Itchiness∗ | From beginning | 1 | (5.3) | 18 | (21.7) |
| Never | 18 | (94.7) | 65 | (78.3) | |
| Total | 19 | (100.0) | 83 | (100.0) | |
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| Skin scaling∗ | Yes | 7 | (36.8) | 53 | (50.0) |
| No | 12 | (63.2) | 53 | (50.0) | |
| Total | 19 | (100.0) | 106 | (100.0) | |
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| Skin inflammation∗ | Yes | 2 | (11.8) | 26 | (33.3) |
| No | 15 | (88.2) | 52 | (66.7) | |
| Total | 17 | (100.0) | 78 | (100.0) | |
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| Skin pigmentation∗ | Yes | 6 | (75.0) | 5 | (55.6) |
| No | 2 | (25.0) | 4 | (44.4) | |
| Total | 8 | (100.0) | 9 | (100.0) | |
∗missing data were excluded, ∗∗ LPIA: likely place of infections acquisition