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MEDICAL MYCOLOGY
卷 53, 期 7, 页码 717-724出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/mmy/myv041
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Antarctica; international space station; Malassezia; skin
The International Space Station (ISS) is located approximately 400 km above the Earth. Astronauts staying at the ISS are under microgravity and are thus unable to bathe or shower; instead, they wash their bodies using wet tissues. For astronauts, skin hygiene management is important to maintain the quality of life during long-term stays on the ISS. In Antarctica, members of a Japanese geological investigation team negotiate their way over land using snowmobiles. During their 3-month stay, they are subject to a pseudo-space environment similar to that experienced by ISS astronauts, including the inability to bathe or shower. In this study, temporal changes in the colonization levels of skin lipophilic fungi, Malassezia were investigated in 16 team members. Compared to the levels before their trip to Antarctica, the fold changes in Malassezia colonization levels during the researchers' stay in Antarctica were in the range of 3.0 +/- 1.9 to 5.3 +/- 7.5 in cheek samples, 8.9 +/- 10.6 to 22.2 +/- 40.0 in anterior chest samples, 6.2 +/- 5.4 to 16.9 +/- 25.5 in behind-the-ear samples, and 1.7 +/- 0.9 to 17.4 +/- 33.4 in sole-of-the-foot samples. On the scalp, the level of Malassezia colonization increased dramatically, by 96.7 +/- 113.8 to 916.9 +/- 1251.5 fold. During their stay in Antarctica, the team members experienced itchy scalps and produced a large number of scales. The relative proportions of Malassezia globosa and M. restricta shifted to seborrheic dermatitis/dandruff types. These results provide useful information for the development of skin hygiene management plans for astronauts staying at the ISS.
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