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We thank van Elburg et al for their interest and comment on our report. The authors pointed out that the INCA study reported an increased risk of infantile colic in term infants treated with a 7-day course of antibiotics compared with infants treated for a 2-days course and to healthy controls (2). We acknowledged that at the time of drafting our manuscript we could not retrieve their paper from Medline search. Moreover, we stated that our study was the first to assess the effect of both neonatal antibiotics and preterm delivery on all functional gastrointestinal disorders (FGIDs).
Source: The Journal of Pediatrics - Category: Pediatrics Authors: Tags: Letters to the Editor Source Type: research