Introduction: Superficial fungal infections are often seen in day-to-day clinical practice, and their prevalencecontinues to rise worldwide. The present study attempts to find out the distribution of superficial fungal infectionwith respect to socio-economic and demographic variables among a symptomatic group.Objective: The present study was undertaken with a view to isolate the fungi from patients suffering fromsuperficial skin infection attending Dermatology OPD at NAMO Medical Education & Research InstituteSilvassa, DNH and to assess the clinical profile, prevalence of dermatophytes infection in study population.Methods: A clinical and mycological study of superficial mycosis was conducted on 100 cases (65 male & 35female). Direct microscopy by KOH mount and culture was undertaken to isolate the fungal pathogen in eachcase. Further, LPCB mount was performed for microscopic morphology.Result: A total of 100 patients were enrolled in the study. Dermatophytosis was the commonest superficialfungal infection in 47 cases), followed by Candidiasis in 8 (14.5%) cases. Commonest clinical presentation wasT. corporis in 32 (39%), followed by T. cruris in 27 (33%) cases. The commonest dermatophyte cultured was T.mentagrophyte in 22 (22%) followed by T. rubrum in 15 (14.9%) cases. Non Dermatophytic Molds (NDM) wereisolated in 3/55 (5.4%) cases. The commonest NDM isolated was Exophiala.Conclusion: We conclude that along with dermatophytes, non dermatophytic fungus are also emerging asimportant cause of superficial mycosis. Direct microscopy and culture both are important tools for diagnosis offungal infections.

Introduction: Superficial fungal infections are often seen in day-to-day clinical practice, and their prevalencecontinues to rise worldwide. The present study attempts to find out the distribution of superficial fungal infectionwith respect to socio-economic and demographic variables among a symptomatic group.Objective: The present study was undertaken with a view to isolate the fungi from patients suffering fromsuperficial skin infection attending Dermatology OPD at NAMO Medical Education & Research InstituteSilvassa, DNH and to assess the clinical profile, prevalence of dermatophytes infection in study population.Methods: A clinical and mycological study of superficial mycosis was conducted on 100 cases (65 male & 35female). Direct microscopy by KOH mount and culture was undertaken to isolate the fungal pathogen in eachcase. Further, LPCB mount was performed for microscopic morphology.Result: A total of 100 patients were enrolled in the study. Dermatophytosis was the commonest superficialfungal infection in 47 cases), followed by Candidiasis in 8 (14.5%) cases. Commonest clinical presentation wasT. corporis in 32 (39%), followed by T. cruris in 27 (33%) cases. The commonest dermatophyte cultured was T.mentagrophyte in 22 (22%) followed by T. rubrum in 15 (14.9%) cases. Non Dermatophytic Molds (NDM) wereisolated in 3/55 (5.4%) cases. The commonest NDM isolated was Exophiala.Conclusion: We conclude that along with dermatophytes, non dermatophytic fungus are also emerging asimportant cause of superficial mycosis. Direct microscopy and culture both are important tools for diagnosis offungal infections.