Journal article
Hypertension in pregnancy after Escherichia coli O157:H7 gastroenteritis: a cohort study
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Escherichia coli O157:H7 is a common cause of bacterial gastroenteritis and may increase the risk of hypertension. We studied the risk of hypertension in pregnancy following a large E. coli O157:H7 outbreak that occurred in Walkerton, Canada, in the year 2000.
METHODS: We linked data collected from Walkerton residents to provincial healthcare databases. We studied the pregnancies of three groups of women: two groups from Walkerton …
Authors
Nevis IFP; Sontrop JM; Clark WF; Huang A; McDonald S; Thabane L; Moist L; Macnab JJ; Suri R; Garg AX
Journal
Hypertension in Pregnancy, Vol. 32, No. 4, pp. 390–400
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Publication Date
November 2013
DOI
10.3109/10641955.2013.810238
ISSN
1064-1955