Neglected tropical diseases (NTD) as defined by the WHO are a diverse group of acute and chronic conditions (parasitic, viral, bacterial) that cause substantial illness for more than one billion people globally. The aim of our study was to evaluate and describe clinical features of patients diagnosed with NTD in our center. We performed a retrospective descriptive study from January 2017 to January 2021, we included patients with severe, multifocal forms of NTD that required systemic treatments. The diagnosis was made clinically, histologically and required bacterial, parasitic and/or fungal samples for microscopic species confirmation. 41 cases of NTD were diagnosed of all hospitalized patients, the distribution of NTD was as follow: 15cases of leishmaniasis (2 leishmaniasis in HIV patients, 2 sporotrichoid leishmaniasis, 3 verrucous subtype,4 ulcerated, 2 erysipeloide-like and 2 disseminated leishmaniasis), 11 mycetoma (4 actinomycetoma, 7eumycetoma), 10 cutaneous tuberculosis (including 2 bone and 2 lymph nodes involvement), 4 leprosy (2 tuberculoid leprosy, 1 lepromatous leprosy, 1 borderline leprosy) and one fatal case of a disseminated strongyloidiasis in a pemphigus patient. The duration of disease before diagnostic was variable (3 months to 12 years). The mean age of our patients was 47.7 years old. All of our cases were autochthonous infections expect for 2 patients (1 leprosy and 1mycetoma both from Mali). All of our patients had a low socio-economic background with no social security. 5 patients died due a severe disseminated disease (2 cases of leprosy, 1leishmaniasis, 1tuberculosis, 1actinomycetoma). Due to its geographic location at the north-west corner of Africa and its typical Mediterranean subtropical climate, Morocco is a bridge between the European and the African continent. Raising awareness among health care professionals and education of the patients and their family are a cornerstone for a quick and effective treatments to avoid any social stigmatization.

ESDR155 - Spectrum Of Skin Neglected Tropical Diseases: A Single Center Clinical Experience in Morocco.

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