Dermatophytosis (including tinea corporis, tinea faciei, tinea pedis and onychomycosis) is common in the setting of HIV and tends to occur as an early manifestation of immunosuppression at higher CD4+ cell counts.30 Dermatophytosis was recorded in 17% of our patients, which is in line with other studies performed in the ART era reporting a prevalence between 11.9% and 17.6%.16,20,21. Here, CD4 is linked to tinea unguium.