[Summary Of Admissions To The Bamako Dermatology Hospital].

Objective: It was to take stock of the dermatological conditions managed within the hospital over a period of five years.

Patients And Methods: Retrospective and descriptive study performed from January 2015 to December 2019 at the Bamako Dermatology Hospital, based on the records of patients received in consultation.

Results: During the period, 6,322 new consultations were recorded. The mean age was 42 ± 12.5 years with extremes of two months and 82 years. The sex ratio was 0.6. The majority of our patients (76.1%) came directly from home. Socio-professionally, the patients were mainly peasants (45%), housewives (23.9%) and workers (12%). Among the 6,322 consultants, 27.1% were hospitalized. In terms of diagnosis, skin conditions were dominated by infections (56.1%), followed by allergies (15.4%); system diseases (12.0%); genetic dermatoses (7.5%) and tumor dermatoses (5.2%). The average length of hospital stay was 46 ± 18.7 days in adults and 21 ± 11.6 days in children.

Conclusion: This study made it possible to identify the skin conditions subject to consultation in dermatology which are dominated by infections and allergies.