Journal of Clinical & Experimental Dermatology Research
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Abstract

Psoriasis among African Blacks: The Abidjan Experience of 17 Years

Kaloga Mamadou, Bamba Vagamon, Kouassi Yao Isidore, Ecra Elidjé Joseph, Gbéry Ildevert Patrice, Diabate Almamy, Kourouma Sarah, Sangaré Abdoulaye, Kouassi Alexandre, Kassi Komenan, Djéha Djokouehi and Ahogo Kouadio Celestin

Summary: Data from the black skin of psoriasis in Africa is limited. We studied the epidemiological, clinical and management in Ivorian hospital.

Materials and methods: We performed a descriptive cross-sectional study of patients seen in consultation or hospitalization for psoriasis in the Treichville University Hospital of Dermatology Center of Abidjan January 1, 1996 to December 31, 2012.

Result: The prevalence evaluated hospital 17 years is 0.46% (447 cases of psoriasis over 96,677 consultations). The mean age was 35 ± 10 years with a median of 39 years. Male predominant emerged with a sex ratio M/F 2.85. 18 patients were infected with HIV. 382 cases (85.46%) corresponded to common plaque psoriasis and 65 cases (14.54%) to severe forms often and rarely erythrodermic or pustular arthropathiques. Two cases of death from respiratory failure were recorded in two patients also pneumonia.

Conclusion: A total of psoriasis is relatively poorly represented affection in African hospitals and predominates in the male, with a representation of the clinical forms little different from that found in European series of dermatological recruitment.