“…4,5 To date, PCR-REBA has been used in genotyping of human papilloma virus, diagnosis and identification of mycobacterial infections, and identification of sepsis pathogens. 4,19,20 Some studies have used PCR-REBA for the identification of fungal species, and reported that it is a sensitive, specific and rapid method for the diagnosis of various fungal infections. [21][22][23][24][25] However, these previous studies detected only a limited number of species such as Candida or Aspergillus spp., which might cause an invasive fungal infection in immunosuppressed patients, [21][22][23][24][25] whereas in the current study, we simultaneously detected and identified most of the pathogenic species that commonly cause superficial fungal infections, including Trichophyton, Candida and Aspergillus spp.…”