Clinicians should consider the potential effect of antibiotics before prescribing them, especially to vulnerable populations, an independent expert warned.

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Macrolides (except erythromycin), quinolones, tetracyclines, sulfonamides, and metronidazole all were associated with a greater risk, compared with penicillins, cephalosporins, or no antibiotic exposure at all, Flory T. Muanda, MD, and colleagues write in an article published in the May 1 issue of CMAJ.