Prevalence And Types Of Infectious Skin Disorders In Pediatric Patients: A Retrospective Study

Abstract

Background and Objectives: The investigators conducted this research to establish the frequency of infectious skin conditions and their different types among children who visited the Department of Dermatology, Sri Lakshmi Narayana Institute of Medical Sciences, Puducherry. The researchers implemented a retrospective study model to gather information. The research took place during three years at the Sri Lakshmi Narayana Institute of Medical Sciences, Puducherry at its Dermatology Department.

Materials and Methods: The study obtained medical record data retrospectively from pediatric patients in the Dermatology Department throughout the specified research period. The data collection preforms provided by the research team was used to document age, gender, skin disorder backgrounds and specific diagnoses of infectious skin disorders. The dermatologists conducted clinical examinations to diagnose the patients while laboratory tests supported the confirmations when required. Data were assessed to determine how infectious skin disorders distributed among bacterial, viral, fungal and parasitic infection types. Children within the age group of 5 to 10 years visit the dermatology clinic over three years.

Results: These cases displayed infective skin disorders in % of instances. Fungal skin infections were the most prevalent infectious skin disorders but parasitic, viral and bacterial infections ranked as secondary. Among all identified specific disorders scabies proved to be the most frequent at % of cases diagnosed with the condition.

 Conclusion: This dermatology clinic serves a high number of children with skin infections where fungal      infections represent the primary category and scabies stands as the primary specific infectious condition. The high occurrence of infectious skin disorders requires escalating preventive measures coupled with early detection and appropriate treatment to decrease morbidity rates in pediatric patients