Affiliation:
1. Departments of Medicine
2. Microbiology
3. Environmental Medicine
4. Dermatology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York
Abstract
ABSTRACT
Psoriasis, a common cutaneous disease of unknown etiology, may be triggered by infections, including those due to fungi. Since the fungal community of human skin is poorly characterized, we aimed to analyze the mycological microbiota in healthy skin and psoriatic lesions. Twenty-five skin samples from five healthy subjects (flexor forearm) and three patients with psoriasis were analyzed using broad-range 18S ribosomal DNA (rDNA) and 5.8S rDNA/internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS2)
Malassezia
-specific PCR primers. Broad-range PCR analysis indicated that most organisms resembled
Malassezia. Malassezia
-specific 5.8S/ITS2 analysis of 1,374 clones identified five species and four unknown phylotypes, potentially representing new species. The species distribution appears largely host specific and conserved in different sites of healthy skin. In three subjects, the
Malassezia
microbiota composition appeared relatively stable over time. Samples of
Malassezia
microbiota from healthy skin and psoriatic lesions were similar in one patient but substantially different in two others. These data indicate the predominance of
Malassezia
organisms in healthy human skin, host-specific variation, stability over time, and as yet, no consistent patterns differentiating psoriatic skin from healthy skin.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
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