Do Infant Antibiotics Increase Allergy Risk? New Cohort Study Explained скачать в хорошем качестве

Do Infant Antibiotics Increase Allergy Risk? New Cohort Study Explained

Nearly 30% of children exposed to antibiotics in the first 6 months of life developed allergic disease later in childhood, according to a new multicenter cohort study conducted in the West Bank in Palestine. In this interview, lead investigator Moath Hattab, MD, discusses what the data actually show—and what they don’t. The study found no statistically significant association between antibiotic class or number of classes and later allergy risk. A small signal suggesting lower odds of allergy with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole emerged, but researchers stress it is hypothesis-generating, not practice-changing. This conversation provides clinical context for pediatricians, allergists, and primary care clinicians navigating infection management during critical immune development windows. Key highlights: 01:00: How clinicians should interpret the absence of a class-specific association with allergy development 02:49: How pediatricians should counsel parents who worry that necessary antibiotics will increase their child's allergy risk 03:35: How the study informs antibiotic stewardship in the first 6 months of life 04:56: Lower odds of allergy with TMP-SMX 07:02: Future research needed Read more about the study here: https://www.hcplive.com/view/no-class... #allergy #allergyrisk