Failure of systemic oral doxycycline in preventing ocular toxoplasmic retinochoroiditis in French military personnel

2018 ◽  
Vol 164 (2) ◽  
pp. 122-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sami Saad ◽  
M Delbarre ◽  
R Saad ◽  
M Berguiga ◽  
D Benisty ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Toxoplasma Gondii ◽  
Military Personnel ◽  
Malaria Prophylaxis ◽  
Common Cause ◽  
Oral Doxycycline ◽  
French Military ◽  
Toxoplasmic Retinochoroiditis ◽  
Toxoplasmic Chorioretinitis

This paper describes two cases of toxoplasmic chorioretinitis presenting in two French soldiers who had been receiving oral doxycycline for malaria prophylaxis. This is despite the proven effectiveness of oral doxycycline in treating Toxoplasma gondii, the most common cause of this infection. The lack of effectiveness of oral doxycycline in these two cases most likely reflected that the ocular concentration of 100 mg daily doxycycline is too low to treat or prevent Toxoplasmic retinochoroiditis (TC). Clinicians should therefore be aware that soldiers taking prophylactic oral doxycycline are still at risk of developing ocular TC with potentially sight-threatening consequences if not treated adequately.

Post-traumatic stress disorder and risk for suicide in combat veterans

2021 ◽  
pp. 269-274
Author(s):  
Herbert Hendin
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Military Personnel ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder ◽  
Traumatic Stress ◽  
Psychodynamic Psychotherapy ◽  
Combat Veterans ◽  
Stress Disorder ◽  
Post Traumatic Stress ◽  
Post Traumatic ◽  
Not At Risk

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a condition associated with suicide in both military personnel and combat veterans. Most veterans with PTSD, however, are not at risk of suicide. The major factor distinguishing those who attempted or were preoccupied with suicide is persistent severe guilt over behaviour in combat while emotionally out of control. A 12-session short-term, psychodynamic psychotherapy, presented here in this chapter, showed promise of success in dissipating the guilt from combat-related actions in veterans of the war in Vietnam. Preliminary work with combat veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan indicates it may be equally successful in treating them.

Epidemiology of the metabolic syndrome in 2045 French military personnel (EPIMIL study)

2005 ◽  
Vol 31 (4) ◽  
pp. 353-359 ◽  
Author(s):  
B Bauduceau ◽  
F Baigts ◽  
L Bordier ◽  
P Burnat ◽  
F Ceppa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Metabolic Syndrome ◽  
Military Personnel ◽  
The Metabolic Syndrome ◽  
French Military

Measurement invariance of alcohol use motivations in junior military personnel at risk for depression or anxiety

2010 ◽  
Vol 35 (5) ◽  
pp. 444-451 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jason Williams ◽  
Sarah B. Jones ◽  
Michael R. Pemberton ◽  
Robert M. Bray ◽  
Janice M. Brown ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
At Risk ◽  
Alcohol Use ◽  
Measurement Invariance ◽  
Military Personnel ◽  
Risk For Depression

Isotypic characterization of anti-Toxoplasma gondii antibodies in 18 cases of congenital toxoplasmic chorioretinitis

2009 ◽  
Vol 67 (2) ◽  
pp. 164-168 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Poirriez ◽  
D. Toubas ◽  
C. Marx-Chemla ◽  
B. Leroux ◽  
D. Dupouy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Toxoplasma Gondii ◽  
Toxoplasmic Chorioretinitis

Political Parties and the French Army since the Liberation

1950 ◽  
Vol 2 (4) ◽  
pp. 533-548
Author(s):  
Edward L. Katzenbach
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
Military Personnel ◽  
Recent Article ◽  
The State ◽  
French Army ◽  
The People ◽  
French Military

In a recent article in Le Monde, a military writer remarked that ‘A country has the army it merits.”1 The expression is an old one. For a hundred years at least, French politicians and French military personnel have been quoting one another to the effect that the army is but the reflection of the state. But in a democracy, the strength of an army is not so much a question of merit as one of desire, desire as expressed by the people through the votes of their representatives. Certainly, it has little or nothing to do with international necessity.

A Case-Control Study of Antibodies to Toxoplasma Gondii and Risk of Schizophrenia Among U.S. Military Personnel

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
David W. Niebuhr ◽  
Amy M. Millikan ◽  
David N. Cowan ◽  
Robert Yolken ◽  
Yuanzhang Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Toxoplasma Gondii ◽  
Military Personnel ◽  
Case Control Study ◽  
Case Control ◽  
Control Study

Seroprevalence and Spatial Distribution of Toxoplasmosis in Relation to Various Risk Factors in Small Ruminants of Punjab, India

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Deeksha Pandit ◽  
Mandeep Singh Bal ◽  
Paramjit Kaur ◽  
L.D. Singla ◽  
Vishal Mahajan ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
At Risk ◽  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Toxoplasma Gondii ◽  
Small Ruminants ◽  
High Seroprevalence ◽  
Climatic Zones ◽  
Zoonotic Pathogen ◽  
History Of ◽  
Agroclimatic Zones

Background: Toxoplasma gondii is an obligatory apicomplexan, intracellular, ubiquitous, eurykaryotic zoonotic pathogen that infects all warm blooded animals. In the present study, 823 small ruminants (245 sheep, 578 goats) were evaluated for T. gondii infection by ELISA to explore seroprevalence and spatial distribution of toxoplasmosis from different agro-climatic zones of Punjab. Results revealed high seroprevalence (40.58 %) of T. gondii in small ruminants being higher in sheep (42.85%) than in goat (39.60%). Methods: Seropositivity of toxoplasmosis in sheep and goat with history of abortion was found to be 63.80 and 50.00%, respectively. Goats with the history of abortion were 1.72 times more at risk (Cl =1.15-2.56) to T. gondii infection as compared to animals without the history of abortion (Cl=0.39-0.86). Result: Similarly, sheep with the history of abortion were 2.74 times more at risk (Cl =1.31-5.71) to toxoplasmosis as compared to sheep without abortion history (Cl= 0.17-0.76). Goat and sheep farms with frequent access to cats were 2.03 times (CI=1.05-3.90) and 4.04 times (Cl =1.78-9.14) more at risk, as compared to farms with limited cats access. Spatial distribution and predictive seroprevalence analysis indicate possible risk of toxoplasmosis in whole of the state with higher possibility of disease in agroclimatic zones III, IV and V.

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