The relationship of early-life antibiotic use with asthma in at-risk children.

Lapin, Brittany; Piorkowski, Julie; Ownby, Dennis; Wagner-Cassanova, Cynthia; Freels, Sally; Chavez, Noel; Hernandez, Eva; Pelzel, Darlene et al. · J Allergy Clin Immunol · 2014

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Abstract

Asthma prevalence has increased with the reason remaining unknown. Antibiotics early in life have been hypothesized as playing a role in the development of asthma; however, we have found the relationship may be due to confounding by respiratory infections and may not be causally related.

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