Antibiotic use in older adults linked to inflammatory bowel disease, research suggests

摘要

Use of antibiotics in older patients may be linked with the development of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), according to a study due to be presented at the Digestive Disease Week 2022 conference(https://ddw.org/).An analysis of prescribing records from Denmark's national medical records database suggested that the more antibiotics given in those aged 60 years and older, the greater the risk of an IBD diagnosis.