[Inquest over fungic plant-life's floor of a swimming pool in Casablanca]

ABSTRACT

179 samples have been realized on the grounds of an olympic swimming-pool in Casablanca in order to find the fungus responsible of superficial mycosa, the candida albicans and the dermatophytes. The samples have been realized before and after cleaning and they concerned the ground of the circumference of the pool, the diving boards, the showers, the cloak-rooms, the corridors, and the pediluve waters. The mycologic examination showed 22,3% of the positive samples. With isolation and identification of 16 stumps of candida albicans and 68 colonies of dermatophytes [57 of trichophyton interdigitales, 10 of trichophyton rubrum and 1 epidermophyton flocosun]. These pathogen fungus have been found at all the level of samples with a greater tensity at the level of the circumferences of the pools, the pediluve water and the showers. The frequency of isolation in the showers, the cloak-rooms, the corridors and the pediluve waters has been noticeably the same whatever was the sex of the users, the isolation of the candida albicans has been more frequent when it is about women. Finally, the fungus have been isolated even after the cleaning of the ground of the pools but with a density less high than before the cleaning. Measurements of hygiene of the bathers and the ground of the swimming-pools are necessary to reduce the risks of contamination of the users