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This study was carried out to determine the clinical as well as mycological profile of superficial mycoses in a tertiary care hospital, Nepal.<jats:italic>Methods<\/jats:italic>. This was a prospective case-control laboratory based study conducted over a period of six months from January to June 2014 at Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Nepal. A total of 200 specimens were collected from the patients suspected of superficial mycoses. The specimens were macroscopically as well as microscopically examined. The growth was observed up to 4 weeks.<jats:italic>Results.<\/jats:italic>Out of total 200 specimens from the patients suspected of superficial mycoses, tinea corporis 50 (25%) was most common clinical types. KOH mount was positive in 89 (44.5%) and culture was positive in 111 (55.5%).<jats:italic>Trichophyton mentagrophytes<\/jats:italic>44 (39.6%) was the most common isolate.<jats:italic>Conclusions.<\/jats:italic>The diagnostic yields of KOH mount and culture were found to be complementary to each other. 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