article_snippet: Repeated use of some types of antibiotic may raise the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, warn researchers.
article_snippet: Researchers  looked at the number of antibiotic prescriptions given to 200,000 diabetics a year before Researchers   were diagnosed, and found those given at least two courses had a higher chance of getting the condition .
article_snippet: Researchers from the Departments of Gastroenterology and Medical Oncology at the University of Pennsylvania looked at the number of antibiotic prescriptions given to more than 200,000 diabetics in the UK at least one year before Researchers from the Departments of Gastroenterology and Medical Oncology at the University of Pennsylvania were diagnosed with the disease, and compared this to the number given to 800,000 non-diabetic patients of the same age and sex.
article_snippet: Researchers from the Departments of Gastroenterology and Medical Oncology at the University of Pennsylvania found that patients prescribed at least two courses of penicillins, cephalosporines, quinolones and macrolides were at higher risk of being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.
article_snippet: higher risk of being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes increased with the number of antibiotic courses prescribed, says a report in the European Journal of Endocrinology (must credit).
article_snippet: Patients prescribed 2-5 courses of penicillins – used for a variety of infections - increased Patients risk of diabetes by 8 per cent.
article_snippet: higher risk of being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes increased by 23 per cent for those having more than five courses of penicillins.
article_snippet: Patients having 2-5 courses of quinolones, used in respiratory and urinary tract infections, had an increased diabetes risk of 15 per cent, which rose 37 per cent for those having more than five courses.
article_snippet: an increased diabetes risk of 15 per cent, which rose 37 per cent for those having more than five courses was calculated after adjusting for other risk factors such as obesity, smoking history, heart disease and history of infections.
article_snippet: There was no increase in risk associated with use of antivirals or anti-fungal medications and our study found little evidence of a link between antibiotic use and the risk of type 1 diabetes.
article_snippet: ’ Prof Jodi Lindsay, Professor of Microbial Pathogenesis, St George’s, University of London, said ’ Prof Jodi Lindsay, Professor of Microbial Pathogenesis, St George’s, University of LondonPatients with type 2 diabetes have an increased risk of developing infections, and therefore Patients with type 2 diabetes are more likely to be prescribed antibiotics to treat infections.
article_snippet: In the year prior to diabetes diagnosis, patients may show some signs of disease and may also have a higher risk of infection, and therefore receive more antibiotics.
article_snippet: This is a very large and helpful study linking diabetes with antibiotic consumption in the UK public, but at this stage we don’t know which is the chicken and which is the egg.
highlights_snippet: Researchers probed antibiotic prescriptions to 200,000 diabetes sufferers .
  
highlights_snippet: Found those given two or more courses were more likely to be diabetic .
  