[Isolation of dermatophytes from patients with a presumptive diagnosis of dermatophytosis].

Mycological tests were made in 212 patients who had lesions with clinical appearance of dermatophytic infection. The results show that the combined use of direct microscopy and culture helps to detect a larger number of dermatophytic conditions. The findings were the agent most connected with these kinds of mycosis, the most frequent clinical conditions, the lesions in more than one body areas and the most common species. The isolation of Trichophyton soudanense, an endemic species in Africa but considered very rare in Cuba, is reported.