Journal article
Arthritis risk after acute bacterial gastroenteritis
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: Reactive arthritis (ReA) may occur from bacterial gastroenteritis. We studied the risk of arthritis after an outbreak of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Campylobacter species within a regional drinking water supply to examine the relationship between the severity of acute diarrhoea and subsequent symptoms of arthritis.
METHODS: Participants with no known history of arthritis before the outbreak participated in a long-term follow-up …
Authors
Garg AX; Pope JE; Thiessen-Philbrook H; Clark WF; Ouimet J
Journal
Rheumatology, Vol. 47, No. 2, pp. 200–204
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Publication Date
February 2008
DOI
10.1093/rheumatology/kem339
ISSN
1462-0324