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MediSur
versión On-line ISSN 1727-897X
Resumen
CABRERA ACEA, Graciela Caridad; FORTUN LEYVA, Annellys; BERNARDEZ CRUZ, Yoan y GOMEZ CABRERA, Cynthia G.. Morbidity due to infectious dermatitis. University Teaching Polyclinic José Luis Chaviano Chávez. Cienfuegos. Medisur [online]. 2019, vol.17, n.6, pp. 771-779. Epub 02-Dic-2019. ISSN 1727-897X.
Foundation:
currently infectious dermatitis continues to be a public health problem worldwide.
Objective:
to determine morbidity due to infectious dermatitis in patients treated at the Dermatology clinic of the José Luis Chaviano University Teaching Polyclinic of Cienfuegos.
Methods:
a retrospective, cross-sectional study that included 627 patients diagnosed with infectious diseases during 2014. The variables studied were: age, sex, etiological diagnosis, clinical diagnosis and sexually transmitted infections.
Results:
the age group of 15 to 24 years old prevailed (25.5%) with female predominance (26.0%) as well as viral diseases with 38.1%. According to their etiology, scabies was more frequent than that caused by sexually transmitted infection (70.2%), furunculosis (46.7%), tinea versicolor (33.9%) and vulgar warts (25.8%) and As a dermatitis that constitutes a sexually transmitted infection, syphilis with 50.0%.
Conclusions:
skin infections in the area are a frequent health problem, in direct correspondence to the rest country and in the world.
Palabras clave : skin diseases; infectious; morbidity; Cuba.