Vol. 3, Issue 6, Part I (2017)

Materials and Methods: The cross-sectional investigation was carried out from January 2016 to December 2016 of that year. The study was conducted at the Department of General Medicine, Sree Lakshi Narayan Institute of Medical Sciences, Puducherry, India. 100 consecutive patients will have their superficial dermatophytic infections described clinically and microbiologically.

Results: According to the report, housewives and students made up the majority of patients. Four percent of the patients were farmers. Ninety percent of our institution's student body, which included dental, medical, and nursing students, lived in the dorms. The spread of infectious pathogens through inanimate items could be the source of this. Apart from students, the remaining population is made up of people living in rural areas, including illiterate people from low-income families who are unaware of the illness. Lesions started to emerge in different places as a result of their treatment lessness and disregard for the early symptoms.

Conclusion:Students made up the bulk of our patients, with housewives and farmers making up the next group at 4%. Ninety percent of our students in dentistry, medicine, and nursing were hostellers. It might be fomites sharing here. The remainder, excluding students, consists of low-income rural illiterates and those who are ignorant about the illness.