Clinico-mycological study of dermatophytosis in Calicut.
Among 150 patients with dermatophytosis studied, tinea corporis was the commonest clinical type, followed by tines cruris. The overall positivity by culture was 45.3% and by direct microscopy 64%. T. rubrum was the commonest species isolated (66.2%) followed by TI mentagrophytes (25%).
Department of Dermatology and Venereology, Medical College, Calicut-673008, India.
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