Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

No association between macrolide treatment in infancy and later pyloric stenosis in Sweden

  • Letter to the Editor
  • Published:
European Journal of Epidemiology Aims and scope Submit manuscript

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Institutional subscriptions

References

  1. Lund M, Pasternak B, Davidsen RB, et al. Use of macrolides in mother and child and risk of infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis: nationwide cohort study. BMJ. 2014;348:g1908.

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  2. Eberly MD, Eide MB, Thompson JL, Nylund CM. Azithromycin in early infancy and pyloric stenosis. Pediatrics. 2015;135(3):483–8.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  3. Ortqvist AK, Lundholm C, Kieler H, et al. Antibiotics in fetal and early life and subsequent childhood asthma: nationwide population based study with sibling analysis. BMJ. 2014;349:g6979.

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  4. Cnattingius S, Ericson A, Gunnarskog J, Kallen B. A quality study of a medical birth registry. Scand J Soc Med. 1990;18(2):143–8.

    CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar 

  5. Ludvigsson JF, Andersson E, Ekbom A, et al. External review and validation of the Swedish national inpatient register. BMC Public Health. 2011;11(1):450.

    Article  PubMed  PubMed Central  Google Scholar 

  6. Wettermark B, Hammar N, Fored CM, et al. The new Swedish Prescribed Drug Register–opportunities for pharmacoepidemiological research and experience from the first six months. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2007;16(7):726–35.

    Article  PubMed  Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, 171 77, Stockholm, Sweden

    Jonas F. Ludvigsson, Cecilia Lundholm, Anne K. Örtqvist & Catarina Almqvist

  2. Department of Pediatrics, Örebro University Hospital, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden

    Jonas F. Ludvigsson

  3. Astrid Lindgren Children’s Hospital, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

    Catarina Almqvist

Authors
  1. Jonas F. Ludvigsson
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Cecilia Lundholm
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Anne K. Örtqvist
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Catarina Almqvist
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding author

Correspondence to Jonas F. Ludvigsson.

Ethics declarations

Conflicts of interests

All authors have completed the ICMJE uniform disclosure form at www.icmje.org/coi_disclosure.pdf. JFL, CL, AKÖ, and CA claim no conflict of interest related to the submitted work.

Ethical approval

The study was approved by the Regional Ethical Review board in Stockholm, Sweden (DNR 2011/2012-31/5 and 2012/1179-32).

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Ludvigsson, J.F., Lundholm, C., Örtqvist, A.K. et al. No association between macrolide treatment in infancy and later pyloric stenosis in Sweden. Eur J Epidemiol 31, 331–332 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-015-0114-6

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10654-015-0114-6

Keywords

Search

Navigation