Oral and topical antibiotic prescriptions for children in general practice.

Objective: Most primary care clinical guidelines recommend restrictive antibiotic use for childhood infections. We investigated antibiotic prescription rates over time for oral and topical antibiotics for children (≤12 years) in the period 2000-2010.

Design, Setting And Patients: Longitudinal observational study among children (≤12 years) in a large Dutch general practice database in the period 2000-2010.