Table 1. Baseline features of unresponsive and responsive patients with anthroponotic cutaneous leishmaniasis.
| Features | Categories of features | Number of unresponsive cases (%) | Number of responsive cases (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Interior housing condition | Suitablea | 38 (52.78) | 69 (69) |
| Unsuitableb | 34 (47.22) | 31 (31) | |
| Age (year) | ≤ 7 | 19 (26.39) | 25 (25) |
| 8–15 | 18 (25) | 30 (30) | |
| 16–30 | 13 (18.05) | 25 (25) | |
| 31–50 | 13 (18.05) | 14 (14) | |
| ≥ 50 | 9 (12.5) | 6 (6) | |
| Sex | Female | 30 (41.67) | 53 (53) |
| Male | 42 (58.33) | 47 (47) | |
| Education | Illiterate | 31 (43.05) | 26 (26) |
| Primary and secondary | 31 (43.05) | 46 (46) | |
| High school and university | 10 (13.89) | 28 (28) | |
| Duration of lesion (month) | ≤4 | 7 (9.72) | 53 (53) |
| 5–12 | 47 (65.28) | 45 (45) | |
| ≥13 | 18 (25) | 2 (2) | |
| Number of lesions | ≤2 | 65 (90.28) | 83 (83) |
| ≥3 | 7 (9.72) | 17 (17) | |
| Location of lesion | Hand | 25 (34.72) | 51 (51) |
| Face | 38 (52.78) | 31 (31) | |
| Other | 9 (12.5) | 18 (18) | |
| Treatment course | Incompletec | 16 (22.22) | 24 (24) |
| Completed | 56 (77.78) | 76 (76) | |
| History of chronic diseases | Yes | 22 (30.55) | 6 (6) |
| No | 50 (69.45) | 94 (94) | |
| Total | 72 (41.86) | 100 (58.14) |
a: suitable: denotes the patients who live in an appropriate housing condition in terms of building and interior housing, with no cracks and crevices,
b: unsuitable: denotes the patients who live in inappropriate housing conditions in terms of building and interior housing,
c: incomplete treatment: the patients who did not receive a complete course of intramuscular (IM) or intralesional (IL) treatment along with cryotherapy,
d: completed treatment: the patients who received a full course of treatment schedule.