Airway Hyperreactivity in Asymptomatic Military Personnel

Burnout in Military Personnel

Lyme disease in military personnel.

The tick responsible for Lyme disease is common in areas inhabited by deer. This should theoretically put military personnel at increased risk. A history of tick bite is uncommon and the characteristic skin rash often absent. Two examples of servicemen with neurological Lyme disease without cutaneous manifestations are discussed, and six other cases referred to the RAF Institute of Pathology an...

Acinetobacter Infections in Military Personnel

The gram negative rod Acinetobacter baumannii is a soil and water saprophyte characterized by a high degree of innate and acquired antibiotic resistance. While it can colonize healthy hosts, it is also a well-established hospital-acquired pathogen, especially in intensive care and surgical units. The pathogen does not have many of the traditional virulence factors for producing disease in healt...

Eosinophil accumulation and airway hyperreactivity

On the basis of correlation studies, UNDERWOOD et al. [1] have concluded that accumulation and activation of eosinophils determines the hyperreactivity that results from an allergic reaction in guinea-pig airways. In justifying their policy of correlating responses at various intervals following an allergic reaction, they suggested that previous studies had used insufficient time points to perm...

Gold nanoparticles and airway hyperreactivity.

We were delighted to read the article in the European Respiratory Journal by HUSSAIN et al. [1] which demonstrated aggravation of pulmonary inflammation and airway hyperreactivity by gold (Au) nanoparticles (NPs) in a mouse model of chemical-induced asthma. Exposure of sensitised (but not unsensitised) mice to Au NPs was shown to result in increased airway resistance and reactivity to methachol...