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Mansoura Medical Journal. 1990; 20 (1-2): 21-29
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RESUMEN
Our study was carried out in an attempt to classify and identify the causative fungi of tinea corporis as well as the incidence of the disease in our locality Trichophyton rubrum was the commonest isolated dermatophyte [35.75%]. Trichophyton violaceum comes next in frequency [16.58%], followed by trichophyton metagrophyte and Epidermophyton floccosum [7.77%], Trichophyton schoenleinii [4.66%] while trichophyton tonsurans [0.25%], trichophyton verrucosum [1.56%] and Microsporum canis [0.52%] were at the lowest end of the list, Candida were isolated from 24.87% of positive cases