Proportion of MB cases: It is clear that there is an increasing trend towards MB leprosy in past one decade, such patients being more likely to present with deformities Presentation with deformities: 37% patients had grade-2 deformities at the time of presentation in the past 5 years Lepra reactions: We noticed high incidence of patients presenting with reactions at the time of diagnosis (34.9%) or following multi-drug therapy MDT.
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