Study on the relationship between intrapartum group B streptococcus prophylaxis and food allergy in children.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the associations between intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis of group B streptococcus (GBS) in pregnant women and the risk of food allergy in Chinese children.

Design

Retrospective cohort study of 2,909 mother-child pairs.

Setting

Taixing People's Hospital in Eastern China.

Participants

Term infants born 2018-2019, followed longitudinally from birth to 3 years.

Exposures

The GBS-IAP was defined as therapy with intravenous penicillin G or ampicillin or cefazolin ≥4 h prior to delivery to the mother. Reference infants were defined as born without or with other intrapartum antibiotic exposure.

Methods

To investigate the incidence information of food allergy in children aged 18 months and three years old. Kaplan-Meier survival

SUBMITTER: Zhang H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9755746 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature