Table 2.

Comparison between the Indian studies

Characteristics	Verma et al.	Bhat et al.	Borodoloi et al.	Our study
Total participants	70	25	15	124
Region	North-east	South	North-east	Eastern
Gender ratio	44: 26	64: 36	-	94: 30
Occupation	Agriculture worker, 92%	Agriculture worker	-	Agriculture worker
Previous trauma	76%	3/25	-	45/124, 36.3%
Most common site involved	Lower limb, 46%	Lower limb, 64%	-	Lower limb 83/124, 67%
Most common type of mycoses	Chromoblastomycosis, 30/70	Chromoblastomycosis, 64%	Chromoblastomycosis, 6/15, 40%	Chromoblastomysosis 42/124
Investigation used for diagnosis confirmation	Histopathology	Clinical	Histopathology, culture	Histopathology
Fungal culture positivity	55.7%	-	-	-