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Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 2000, p. 4272-4273, Vol. 38, No. 11
0095-1137/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.

Fungal Contamination of Food in Hematology Units

Adel Bouakline,1 Claire Lacroix,1,* Nicole Roux,2 Jean Pierre Gangneux,1 and Francis Derouin1

Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie1 and Service de Diététique,2 Hôpital Saint-Louis, Paris, France

Received 8 May 2000/Returned for modification 11 July 2000/Accepted 2 September 2000

The prevalence of thermotolerant fungi on non-heat-sterilizable food was determined. Aspergillus spp. were noted in 100% of pepper and regular tea samples, 12 to 66% of fruits, 27% of herbal teas, and 20% of freeze-dried soup samples. All soft cheese samples were contaminated by Geotrichum and yeast (Candida norvegensis) but Candida albicans was never identified.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Laboratoire de Parasitologie-Mycologie, Hôpital Saint-Louis, 1 avenue Claude Vellefaux, 75475 Paris Cedex 10, France. Phone: 00 33 1 42 49 95 03. Fax: 00 33 1 42 49 48 03. E-mail: claire.lacroix{at}sls.ap-hop-paris.fr.

Journal of Clinical Microbiology, November 2000, p. 4272-4273, Vol. 38, No. 11
0095-1137/00/$04.00+0
Copyright © 2000, American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.


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