Prenatal and postnatal exposure to antibiotics and risk of food allergy in the offspring: A nationwide birth cohort study in South Korea.
Jiyeon OhMyeongcheol LeeJaeyu ParkHyeon Jin KimSeung Won LeeMasoud RahmatiAi KoyanagiLee SmithMin Seo KimGuillermo F López SánchezElena DragiotiChanyang MinNikolaos G PapadopoulosYoun Ho ShinJae Il ShinDong-Keon YonPublished in: Pediatric allergy and immunology : official publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology (2024)
This study reported a moderate association between early-life antibiotic use and subsequent food allergy during childhood throughout four different designs of analyses. This study suggests that clinicians need to consider the risks and benefits of antibiotics when administering antibiotics to individuals in the prenatal and postnatal periods.