Abstract
The current study was performed to determine the prevalence of superficial fungal infections among patients attending dermatology clinic at the tripoli central hospital . Atotal of 122 cases were selected with an age 7-75 years. They were tested for fungal skin infections using microscopic and laboratory methods.The results demonstrated that all patients had dermatophytes infections.Tinea unigum was the common type of clinical infections(39.34%), followed by Tinea capitis(31.14%), Tinea pedis(22.13%) and Tinea faciei (7.37%) the results indicate that Trichophyton violacenm was the most common etiological agent of dermatophyte infection(59.01%) followed by Microsprum canis(20.4%) Trichophyto (12.29%)rubrum , floccosum(4.09%) Epidermophyton and Trichophyton menagrophtis(3.27%). The finding of current study showed that higher prevalence of dermatophytes was higher in rural areas than urban areas .