Repeated exposure to antibiotics in infancy: A predisposing factor for juvenile idiopathic arthritis or a sign of this group's greater susceptibility to infections?

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 521-526

  Arvonen, Miika ^a,c   Virta, Lauri J ^b   Pokka, Tytti ^c   Kröger, Liisa ^a   Vähäsalo, Paula ^c  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b SOCIAL INSURANCE INSTITUTION   (Finland)

^c OULU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Antibacterial agents; Child epidemiology; Environmental exposure; Juvenile idiopathic arthritis; Matched case control studies

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; LINCOSAMIDE; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN V; SULFONAMIDE; TRIMETHOPRIM; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EXPOSURE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANT; INFECTION; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; JUVENILE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TREND STUDY; ARTHRITIS, JUVENILE; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FINLAND; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGISTER;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARTHRITIS, JUVENILE; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84923879507     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: 14992752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.140348     Document Type: Article

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