A retrospective analysis of the concordance of in‐house fungal culture and a commercial quantitative <scp>PCR</scp> from 16 dermatology referral practices across the <scp>USA</scp> (2018–2019)

Compared to in-house fungal culture, qPCR was less sensitive and more specific than reported previously. These findings suggest that a diagnosis of dermatophytosis and determining mycological cure should continue to be based on a combination of complementary diagnostic tests.