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ArticleLife (Basel, Switzerland)2025

Spaceflight and Medical Microbiology: Possible Implications for Standard Infection Diagnostics and Therapy.

Alessa Lalinka Boschert, Stefan Leuko, Carolin Luisa Krämer, Katharina Siems, Yen-Tran Ly-Sauerbrey, Franca Arndt

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Article in Life (Basel, Switzerland), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Alessa Lalinka BoschertMVZ Laboratory Dr. Limbach & Colleagues eGbR, 69126 Heidelberg, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-0004-8966
Stefan LeukoApplied Aerospace Biology, Institute of Aerospace Medicine, German Aerospace Center, Linder Hoehe, 51147 Cologne, Germany.
Carolin Luisa KrämerApplied Aerospace Biology, Institute of Aerospace Medicine, German Aerospace Center, Linder Hoehe, 51147 Cologne, Germany.ORCID 0009-0009-3708-1215
Katharina SiemsApplied Aerospace Biology, Institute of Aerospace Medicine, German Aerospace Center, Linder Hoehe, 51147 Cologne, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-7349-0846
Yen-Tran Ly-SauerbreyApplied Aerospace Biology, Institute of Aerospace Medicine, German Aerospace Center, Linder Hoehe, 51147 Cologne, Germany.ORCID 0009-0007-0048-0218
Franca ArndtApplied Aerospace Biology, Institute of Aerospace Medicine, German Aerospace Center, Linder Hoehe, 51147 Cologne, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-0977-3969

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Infections pose a major risk during long-term human spaceflight missions. By applying standard procedures in medical microbiology to a hypothetical urinary tract infection during a Mars-bound flight, important practical aspects become apparent. From infection diagnostics to antimicrobial treatment during spaceflight, issues include technological constraints, the lack of breakpoints, and epidemiological data. A potential solution is a combination of data acquisition, artificial intelligence, individualized medicine, novel diagnostic tools, and antimicrobial strategies. This work takes an exploratory approach to highlight challenges and potential directions in developing diagnostic strategies for long-term space missions.

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infectionslong-term missionsmanned missionsmicrobiological diagnostics

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PMID41302181
PMCPMC12654206

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