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Clinical and mycological investigations were made on 225 cases of suspected dermatomycoses. Of these, 102 were microscopically positive. But only 63 were culturally positive, and these are analysed here with regard to clinical patterns and aetiological species, age, sex and occupational incidence and susceptibility to griseofulvinin vitro. As in most other parts of India,Trichophyton rubrum was the dominant species. A high proportion ofEpidermophyton floccosum was an unusual feature seen. Of the clinical types, tinea cruris was the most common. The isolates were sensitive to griseofulvin at low concentrations of 1 to 5µg per ml of agar medium,E. floccosum being the most sensitive.
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Indira, P.U., Sirsi, M. & Krishnamurthi, N. A preliminary survey of dermatomycoses in Bangalore. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 74, 174–184 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03050629
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