Publications by authors named "Laurence Di Costanzo"

Unlabelled: Junior doctors are exposed to multiple occupational risks. The aim of this study was to assess the risk factors and protective factors for mood and anxiety disorders among junior doctors.

Materials And Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study via an anonymous online questionnaire between October 2011 and June 2012.

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We have detected an ovalo-stomatocytosis in a military 24-years-old man. We have sent a blood specimen to haematology laboratory in Kremlin-Bicetre (France) to test ektacytometry. The test concludes to an asymptomatic Melanesian ovalocytosis.

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Campylobacter are known to be a cause of enteritidic infections but Campylobacter fetus is more often a cause of systemic infections, mainly in fragilized patients. We report a C. fetus endocarditis.

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Falciparum malaria is a potentially deadly infectious disease, imposing a sure and fast biologic diagnosis, an early and efficient treatment. We report a case of severe imported Falciparium malaria who received artesunate, and we rewiew the different diagnostic methods of malaria as well as the clinico-biological characteristics of severe malaria. Recent data concerning malaria treatment are presented, as a pharmacokinetic study leaded during this case.

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Background: The professional diver's activity implies body cardiovascular stress. Little data on cardiovascular risk factors is available. Some studies report a high prevalence of tobacco consumption.

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