title: [Fungal and bacterial contamination of 30 general practitioners' consultation room in Franche-Comté (eastern France)].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the level of microbial contamination of general pratice environment.
  
  
  METHODS
  Ten points, including air, water and surfaces were sampled in general practitioner's consultation room of 30 general practices in Franche-Comté region (eastern France). For each sample, a global microbial count was assessed as well as the presence of potential pathogen microorganisms: Aspergillus fumigatus, Staphylococcus aureus, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Enterobacteriaceae.
  
  
  RESULTS
  We note that 66.3% of the samples (n=202) were on the target level (<51 ufc/25 cm (2), <101 ufc/m(3), <100 ufc/mL in total bacteria, without pathogenic species and without A. fumigatus respectively on surfaces, air and water, without isolation of coliforme bacteria or P. aeruginosa for 100mL of water). A. fumigatus, S. aureus, P. aeruginosa and Enterobacteriaceae were recovered in 8.0%, 2.1%, 0.7%, 0% respectively. However, 66.7% of air sampling were positive to A. fumigatus with 2 to 12 cfu/m(3).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  This study shows a low level of bacterial contamination of general practitioner's consultation room. A. fumigatus frequency in air samples seems equivalent to that found in housing without air treatment.
authors.affiliation: Service de parasitologie-mycologie, CHU de Besançon, 3 boulevard Fleming, Besançon cedex, France. gabriel.reboux@univ-fcomte.fr
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Reboux
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rocchi
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Millon
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Talon
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Bertrand
mesh_terms: D000391:Air Microbiology; D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial; D004755:Enterobacteriaceae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004866:Equipment Contamination / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005602:France; D005658:Fungi / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D058005:General Practitioners; D006801:Humans; D010824:Physicians' Offices / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification
keywords: Aspergillus fumigatus; Cabinet de médecine générale; Contamination microbiologique; Enterobacteriaceae; General medicine office; Housing; Hygiene; Hygiène; ICU; Logement; Microbiological contamination; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Service de soins intensifs; Staphylococcus aureus