Illness in military personnel in Bagram, Afghanistan

Osteomyelitis in military personnel wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan.

BACKGROUND Orthopedic injuries occurring in Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom (OIF/OEF) are complicated by infections with multidrug resistant bacteria. We describe demographics and microbiology of OIF/OEF casualties with primary and recurrent osteomyelitis. METHODS A retrospective cohort study was performed of OIF/OEF casualties admitted to our facility from February 1, 2003 to A...

Screening for psychological illness in military personnel.

ONGOING EVENTS IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN HAVE led to renewed calls to implement widespread screening of members of armed forces to identify those at risk of future psychiatric injury before deployment and to identify those with psychological problems on their return home. If the military could predict who will develop psychological illness due to combat stress, military personnel and commanders w...

Burnout in Military Personnel

Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) among UK military personnel whilst deployed in Afghanistan in 2011.

INTRODUCTION mTBI has been termed the 'signature injury' of recent conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq. Most mTBI research uses retrospective accounts of exposure and point of injury symptoms; mTBI is reportedly less common among UK than US Forces. METHODS This study examined the rate of mTBI exposure and symptoms in 1363 UK military personnel deployed in Afghanistan in 2011 using a self-report...

Multidrug-resistant gram-negative bacteria colonization of healthy US military personnel in the US and Afghanistan

BACKGROUND The US military has seen steady increases in multidrug-resistant (MDR) gram-negative bacteria (GNB) infections in casualties from Iraq and Afghanistan. This study evaluates the prevalence of MDR GNB colonization in US military personnel. METHODS GNB colonization surveillance of healthy, asymptomatic military personnel (101 in the US and 100 in Afghanistan) was performed by swabbing...