Early life antibiotic prescription for upper respiratory tract infection is associated with higher antibiotic use in childhood.
Bhavna SamtaniNatasha GrayJessica OmandCharles Keown-StonemanMary AglipayCatherine S BirkenJonathon MaguirePublished in: Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society (2022)
Antibiotic prescription for URTI before age 2 was associated with antibiotic prescription for URTI in later childhood. Reducing early life antibiotic prescription for URTI may be associated with reduction in antibiotic prescription for subsequent URTIs.
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