Early Childhood Antibiotics and Chronic Pediatric Conditions: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Children receiving multiple antibiotic courses before age 2 were more likely to develop asthma, food allergies, allergic rhinitis, and intellectual disability. However, antibiotic-associated risks of most autoimmune, neurodevelopmental, and psychiatric conditions studied were minimal.
Authors
- Jason Roy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5178-4210)
- Daniel B. Horton (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1831-1339)
- Dinesh Mendhe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1158-3259)
- Tobias Gerhard (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8598-5771)
- Soko Setoguchi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1583-752X)
- Dawn Koffman
- Martin J. Blaser (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2447-2443)
- Matthew A. Beier (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4680-2821)
- Joanna Madej
- Brian L. Strom (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5750-4232)
Institutions
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (US)
- Columbia University Irving Medical Center (US)
- Johnson University (US)
- NYU Langone Health (US)
- Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences Institute (US)
- Stanford Medicine (US)
- Institute of Aging (CA)
- New York University (US)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Journal of Infectious Diseases
- Published
- 2025-04-16
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/infdis/jiaf191
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Pharmaceutical studies and practices
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 10.48