Variations in Antibiotic and Azithromycin Prescribing for Children by Geography and Specialty — United States, 2013

Background: Using antibiotics appropriately is critical to slow spread of antibiotic resistance, a major public health problem. Children, especially young children, receive more antibiotics than other age groups. Our objective was to describe antibiotic use in children in the United States (US) and use of azithromycin, which is recommended infrequently for pediatric conditions.