Association Between Use of Multiple Classes of Antibiotic in Infancy and Allergic Disease in Childhood

Sidney E Zven; Apryl Susi; Edward Mitre; Cade M Nylund

doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2019.4794

Association Between Use of Multiple Classes of Antibiotic in Infancy and Allergic Disease in Childhood

JAMA Pediatr. 2020 Feb 1;174(2):199-200. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2019.4794.

Authors

Sidney E Zven¹, Apryl Susi², Edward Mitre³, Cade M Nylund²

Affiliations

¹ F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland.
² Department of Pediatrics, F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland.
³ Department of Microbiology and Immunology, F. Edward Hébert School of Medicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, Maryland.

Abstract

This study examines the association between antibiotic use in the first 6 months of life and the emergence of allergies in children in the first few years of life.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Anti-Bacterial Agents / adverse effects*
Anti-Bacterial Agents / classification
Child
Cohort Studies
Female
Humans
Hypersensitivity / etiology*
Infant
Male
Retrospective Studies

Substances

Anti-Bacterial Agents