Antibiotics in infancy linked to asthma risk

Antibiotics in infancy linked to asthma risk

Exposure to a single course of antibiotics appeared to double the asthma risk, their study found. And, the risk seems to grow for every additional course of antibiotics taken within the first year of life, the report found.

However, the authors emphasized that while they observed an association between the use of antibiotics and the development of asthma, they did not establish a definitive, causal link between the two.