Infants Taking Antibiotics Face Greater Risk of Asthma: New Study
Children who take antibiotics in their first year of life are significantly more likely to develop asthma by age 7, according to a new study published in Chest, the official journal of the American College of Chest Physicians. The study, which controlled for well-known asthma risk factors, detected the association between antibiotics and asthma in cases of non-respiratory tract infections. The children at the highest risk of developing asthma were those who had completed more than four courses of antibiotics. The association was particularly pronounced in populations of children who were likely to be prescribed broad-spectrum (BS) cephalosporins -- a category of antibiotics that clinicians typically differentiate from narrow-spectrum varieties. Researchers advise that the risk of asthma can be reduced by avoiding BS cephalosporins in infancy.
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