Antibiotic Use in Infants May Up Asthma Risk (HealthDay via Yahoo! News) by Allergy and asthma associate

Mon, 18 Jun 2007 07:03:07 -0400

Antibiotic Use in Infants May Up Asthma Risk (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)

by Allergy and asthma associate @ Mon, 18 Jun 2007 07:03:07 -0400
MONDAY, June 11 (HealthDay News) -- Giving antibiotics for a non-respiratory tract infection to an infant younger than 1 greatly increases the odds that the child will develop asthma, according to new research.

nfants and Antibiotics: Asthma Risk? (WebMD)
Infants who receive antibiotics in their first year of life are more likely to develop asthma by age 7, and multiple courses of the drugs boost the risk more, a Canadian study suggests.