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Rare complication of antimalarial prophylaxis by doxycycline: drug-related pollakiuria Volume 29, issue 1, Janvier-Février-Mars 2019

Authors
1 1re Antenne médicale spécialisée, 34 rue de la Martinière 78000 Versailles, France
2 Centre médical des armées de Saint-Dizier, Saint-Dizier
3 Pharmacie centrale des armées, 45400 Chanteau, France
* Correspondance

We report the case of a French soldier deployed in Chad, who developed disabling pollakiuria after starting antimalarial prophylaxis by doxycycline. This rare secondary effect is not mentioned in reference books.