Table 2.

Status of KOH microscopy, fungal culture, first round PCR and nested PCR in suspected cases with hair fungal infections.

No of cases	Patients on treatment	KOH microscopy	Culture shows growth of dermatophyte	First round PCR	Nested PCR
3	+	-	-	-	+
5	-	+	+	-	+
9	-	+	+	+	+
7	+	+	-	+	+
8	+	+	-	-	+
10	+	-	-	+	+
1	-	-	+	-	+
7	-	-	-	-	-
50	28 (56%)	29(58%)	15 (30%)	26(52%)	43(86%)