Antibiotic use in toddlers may lessen childhood vax response
Levels of antibodies were lower in the under 2s who's had the drugs compared to those who hadn't, US researchers find
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Antibiotics in children younger than two years may reduce the antibody response to several childhood vaccines, a study shows.
US researchers have found that children aged nine to 24 months prescribed antibiotics were more likely to have vaccine-induced antibody levels below that of peers not prescribed antibiotics.