Abstract

Dermatophytosis accounts for the majority of fungal skin diseases. Sixty (60) case studies (45 males and 16 females) of dermatophyte infection were carried out. Out of the 60 cases, 13% cases were healthy and 87% cases were found infected with one or more fungi. In 95% of cases, the fungal species recovered were from the infected symptomatic area like inflammatory lesions redness, dry patches itching, flaky rings, and 6.7% of cases from pain. The pattern of distribution of site of infection was recorded maximum at internal parts (54%) followed by hand (15%), neck (12%) and leg (6%). The incidence of Aspergillus niger (19%), Cladosporium sp. (14%),Aspergillus flavus (13%), Trichophyton sp. (13%) and Microsporum sp. (5%) was high andFusarium sp., Curvularia sp., Penicillium sp., Trichothecium roseum, Epidermetaphyton sp., Drechslera sp. and Alternaria sp. was low.

Key words: Evaluation, incidence, dermatophillic infection, clinical isolates.