No association between recent antibiotic use and risk of rheumatoid arthritis: results from two prospective cohort studies.

Yuxing LiuBin XiaBo LiJeffrey A SparksQiangsheng HeJin-Qiu Yuan Ben-Jie Zhou

Published in: Expert opinion on drug safety (2021)

We found no evidence of an association between antibiotic use and RA risk. Our findings may reduce potential concerns about increased RA risk among antibiotic users.

Keyphrases

rheumatoid arthritis
disease activity
ankylosing spondylitis
interstitial lung disease
systemic lupus erythematosus
systemic sclerosis