“…Forty studies in 1,602,639 children (183,244 cases with one study not reporting number of cases) investigated the association between antibiotic exposure and the risk of developing atopic dermatitis, evaluated by the International Study of Allergy and Asthma in Childhood (ISAAC) questionnaire, international classification of disease (ICD) codes, parent-reported symptoms or physician's diagnosis, the Criteria by the American Academy of Dermatology, Hanifin and Rajka criteria or William's criteria (table 1). 32,37,40,43,[48][49][50][51]53,62,79,80,82,93,96,98,103,105,114,120,123,129,135,150,[153][154][155]157,161,162,[172][173][174][175][176][177][178][179][180][181] Of the 40 studies, 38 (95%) investigated the effect of antibiotic exposure in the first five years of life (36 (90%) in the first two years of life). 32,…”