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Eligibility for the study required a dermatophytosis diagnosis verified by microscopic examination and fungal culture.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Of the 4669 confirmed dermatophytosis cases, 82 (1.8%) were attributable to\n                      <jats:italic>E. floccosum<\/jats:italic>\n                      infection. The proportions of male and female patients with\n                      <jats:italic>E. floccosum<\/jats:italic>\n                      infections were 50.0% each. The most common presentation was tinea pedis (39.0%), followed by tinea cruris (37.8%) and tinea corporis (26.8%). The mean age at disease onset for tinea cruris was 38.7\u2009\u00b1\u200918.7\u2009years, which was lower than that for tinea pedis (50.6\u2009\u00b1\u200914.2\u2009years) and tinea corporis (53.5\u2009\u00b1\u200916.4\u2009years). However, these age differences were not statistically significant. A continuous decrease in\n                      <jats:italic>E. floccosum<\/jats:italic>\n                      isolation was observed over the study period.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      There was a steady decline in the prevalence of\n                      <jats:italic>E. floccosum<\/jats:italic>\n                      dermatophytosis over the 12\u2010year study period. Despite the decreasing trend, tinea cruris, tinea corporis and tinea pedis remained the predominant clinical manifestations of\n                      <jats:italic>E. floccosum<\/jats:italic>\n                      infection.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1111\/myc.13702","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,2,7]],"date-time":"2024-02-07T22:13:37Z","timestamp":1707344017000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":8,"title":["Prevalence and characteristics of\n                    <i>Epidermophyton floccosum<\/i>\n                    skin infections: A 12\u2010year retrospective study"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"67","author":[{"given":"Ya\u2010Nin","family":"Nokdhes","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital Mahidol University  Bangkok Thailand"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-8430-376X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Charussri","family":"Leeyaphan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital Mahidol University  Bangkok Thailand"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Pattriya","family":"Jirawattanadon","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital Mahidol University  Bangkok Thailand"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Bawonpak","family":"Pongkittilar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital Mahidol University  Bangkok Thailand"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Chudapa","family":"Sereeaphinan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital Mahidol University  Bangkok Thailand"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0852-7742","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Sumanas","family":"Bunyaratavej","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital Mahidol University  Bangkok Thailand"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,2,7]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_9_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/13693780500092947"},{"key":"e_1_2_9_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1439-0507.2008.01606.x"},{"issue":"2","key":"e_1_2_9_4_1","first-page":"16","article-title":"Epidemiology of dermatophytosis in northeastern Iran; 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