[A preliminary study of the yeast flora of medical interest from Guadeloupe coastal waters (French West Indies) (author's transl)].

An investigation of the yeast flora of medical interest was performed in Guadeloupe coastal waters. This study done as a sea shore survey focuses on general hygiene, public health and biological environment. Yeast species of the genera: Rhodotorula, Candida, Torulopsis, Cryptococcus and Trichosporon, have been isolated, but most of them don't belong to the human digestive flora (Candida albicans, for example, is not found). From these facts, the authors discuss some hypotheses, on the specific marine or terrestrial origin of these yeasts.