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159 clinically diagnosed cases of dermatomycosis were examined and subjected to mycological study. In the direct microscopic examination, 78 (49.05%) cases were positive and cultures were positive in 66 (41.5%) cases. The common clinical presentation was T. corporis in 60 (37.7%) cases. The commonest species encountered was T. rubrum (42.42%) followed by Epidermophyton floccusum (15.15%), Candida (13.63%), T. violaceum (12.12%), T. mentagrophyte (6.06%) & T. tonsurans (1.5%) in this study. The prevalence of infection was more in males.
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