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The diagnosis of the various types of dermatomycoses was established based on the dermatologist's clinical examination. Patient demographic and clinical data were collected for study purposes.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Of 27,439 patients consulted at the two sites, 1142 were diagnosed with dermatomycosis (4.16%). Young women aged 27 (17\u201343) were most affected. Diagnosed patients shared a history of skin mycoses (26%), use of skin\u2010lightening products (19%) and diabetes mellitus (9.6%). Among these patients, 59.3% suffered from dermatophytosis (<jats:italic>tinea<\/jats:italic>), 39.1% from malassesiosis and 1.2% from candidal dermatosis. While tinea was predominantly found in children (81.88%, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.001), pruritus and pain in the lesions were preferentially reported by the dermatophytosis patients [65.25% (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.001) and 79.1% (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.001), respectively]. <jats:italic>Tinea corporis<\/jats:italic> (45.5%), <jats:italic>tinea capitis<\/jats:italic> (20.4%), <jats:italic>tinea pedis<\/jats:italic> (19.3%) and onychomycosis (10.2%) were the main nosological entities in the dermatophytosis group, and their distribution on the body surface depended on patients' age (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.001) and sex (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.012).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>Dominated by dermatophytosis, dermatomycosis are frequent in dermatological consultations in Kinshasa. 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