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The incidence of the same is increasing on a steady basis.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Aim<\/jats:title><jats:p>Estimating the clinical prevalence of dermatophytes mycoses among the patients visiting the outpatient unit and assessing its distinct manifestations.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methodology<\/jats:title><jats:p>A prospective observational study was conducted with the patients attending the Skin and STD outpatient unit of a tertiary care teaching hospital in Salem. A total of 3068 outpatients attended the department, of which 420 patients were diagnosed with dermatophytic mycoses and were taken for investigating the prevalence.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>A total of 420 dermatophytosis patients were included giving a percentage prevalence of 13.69%. There were more female patients (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009213, 50.71%) than males (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009207, 49.29%). The most common afflicted age group was 31\u201340\u2009years (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u200999, 50.71%). Most of the patients had an atypical lesion called tinea incognita (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009265, 63.09%) where there was no typical classic appearance of dermatophytic infections. The most prevalent clinical manifestation was tinea corporis (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u200973, 17.38%) followed by tinea cruris (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u200969, 16.43%). There were more newly diagnosed dermatophytosis cases (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009326) than the previously diagnosed cases (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u200994).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>This study concludes that dermatophytic mycoses were more prevalent among females than males and among the age groups of 31\u201340\u2009years. 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