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. 2002 Sep-Oct;68(5):259-61.

Clinico-mycological study of dermatophytosis in Calicut

V Bindu  1 , K Pavithran
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  • PMID: 17656961

Clinico-mycological study of dermatophytosis in Calicut

V Bindu et al. Indian J Dermatol Venereol Leprol. 2002 Sep-Oct.

Abstract

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%).

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