A recent study found risks associated with early childhood antibiotic exposure. CIDRAP reported on the research.
Key findings:
· Risks included asthma, infections, and antibiotic use, according to the study.
· “The risk of respiratory infections, gastrointestinal infections, urinary tract infections (UTIs), and filled antibiotic prescriptions was significantly higher than the control group of infants with no antibiotic exposure.”
· Infants who were exposed to antibiotics for more than two days during their first week of life after being delivered vaginally and infants delivered from an “elective cesarean section whose mothers had received pre- or intra-operative antibiotics” had a higher chance of needing an ear tube.
The findings are published in The Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal.
