Hemoglobin and Ferritin Serum Levels on Leprosy Patients Before Multi Drug Therapy - World Health Organization (Mdt - Who) Compared with Healthy Control Group

Authors

  • Heruni Amalia Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Faculty of medicine, Hasanuddin University, Makassar, Indonesia
  • Farida Tabri Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Faculty of medicine, Hasanuddin University, Makassar, Indonesia
  • Sri Vitayani Muchtar Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Faculty of medicine, Hasanuddin University, Makassar, Indonesia
  • Ilhamjaya Petellongi Department of Biostatistic, Faculty of medicine, Hasanuddin University, Makassar, Indonesia Department of Physiology, Faculty of medicine, Hasanuddin University, Makassar, Indonesia
  • Rizalinda Sjahril Department of Medical Microbiolog, Faculty of medicine, Hasanuddin University, Makassar, Indonesia
  • Safruddin Amin Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Faculty of medicine, Hasanuddin University, Makassar, Indonesia

Keywords:

Leprosy, hemoglobin level, ferritin serum level, anemia.

Abstract

Leprosy is an infectious disease caused by bacteria Mycobacterium leprae. The research aimed at investigating the hemoglobin and ferritin serum levels on the leprosy patients compared with the healthy control group, whether the anemia occurred on the leprosy patients. The research was conducted in Dr. Wahidin Sudirohusodo Hospital and other hospitals in Makassar City from April to July 2017. The research used the analytic observational method with the case control study design. Samples were the leprosy patients and the control group of 18 - 52 years old who came to be treated to the dermatovenereology of Dr. Wahidin Sudirohusodo Hospital and other hospitals in Makassar City. As many as 37 samples consisted of 19 samples of the leprosy patients and 18 samples of the control group.

Blood from the vein of mediana cubiti was taken, the hemoglobin examination was carried out using the hematology analyzer and the ferritin serum was conducted using ELFA technique to find out every level. The research result indicates that the mean hemoglobin level on the leprosy patients is 13.1H.9 gr/dl lower than the control group with 14.2±1.3 gr/dl, the ferritin serum level is higher on the leprosy patients with the mean of 236.9±204.9 than the control group with 132.9±85.4. From 37 samples, the lowest hemoglobin level is 9.5 gr/dl, and the highest is 16.3 gr/dl with the mean of 13.6±1.7 gr/dl, the lowest ferritin serum level is 6.5 pg/ml, and the highest is 692.5 pg/dl with the mean of 186.3±165.0 pg/dl.

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2017-10-14

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Amalia, H., Tabri, F., Muchtar, S. V., Petellongi, I., Sjahril, R., & Amin, S. (2017). Hemoglobin and Ferritin Serum Levels on Leprosy Patients Before Multi Drug Therapy - World Health Organization (Mdt - Who) Compared with Healthy Control Group. International Journal of Sciences: Basic and Applied Research (IJSBAR), 36(4), 74–82. Retrieved from https://www.gssrr.org/index.php/JournalOfBasicAndApplied/article/view/8270

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Vol. 36 No. 4 (2017)

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