Early-life antibiotic use is associated with wheezing among children with high atopic risk: A prospective European study

Journal of Asthma

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 647-652

  Sun, Wenjie ^a,b   Svendsen, Erik R ^b   Karmaus, Wilfried J J ^c   Kuehr, Joachim ^d   Forster, Johannes ^d  

^a GUANGDONG PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS   (United States)

^d Children's Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antibiotic use; children; prospective cohort; wheezing

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; MACROLIDE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ALLERGY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; ATOPY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIZATION; WHEEZING; BREAST FEEDING; CLINICAL TRIAL; EUROPE; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, IMMEDIATE; INFANT; MACROLIDES; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY SOUNDS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84940572828     PISSN: 02770903     EISSN: 15324303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02770903.2014.999284     Document Type: Article

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