Association Between Early-Childhood Antibiotic Exposure and Subsequent Asthma in the US Medicaid Population

Abstract

E Fishma, G Crawfor, A DeVries. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2019;123(2):186–192.e9 To evaluate the association between antibiotic exposure in the first 2 years of life and incidence of asthma later in childhood among children insured by Medicaid. Children with continuous medical and pharmacy coverage from birth to 2.5 years of age whose claims were linked to their mothers’ claims. Children were excluded if they had complex chronic medical conditions, a diagnosis of asthma, a diagnosis of bronchiolitis, or another respiratory condition in the first 2.5 years of life. Medical and pharmacy claims from 13 …