We executed a blanket-use program of intranasal application of mupirocin ointment to control the propagation of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus ( MRSA ) that occurred in a thoracic surgery ward of a university hospital. During an intervention of 14 weeks, all patients admitted to the ...
American Journal of Infection Control Volume 22, Issue 1, February 1994, Pages 58 Review literature Attemps to eradicate methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from a long-term-care facility with the use of mupirocin ointment: Kauffman CA, Terpening MS, Xiaogong HE, et al, Am J Med 1993;...
The following local adverse reactions were reported by at least 1% of subjects in connection with the use of mupirocin ointment in clinical trials: burning, stinging, or pain in 1.5% of subjects; itching in 1% of subjects. Rash, nausea, erythema, dry skin, tenderness, swelling, contact dermat...
mupirocin ointment; patients with diseases of the immune system, or undergoing immunosuppressive therapies; patients with vascular disease, systemic or skin tumors; pregnant and nursing women; poor adherence; and critically ill patients or those who could not complete the experiments. ...
The regimen used arose from an initial in vitro study designed to examine the sensitivity of Vibrio species to topical antimicrobial agents. Twenty-eight wound isolates were tested against the following eight topical preparations: silver sulfadiazine (Silvadene), nitrofurazone, mupirocin ointment (...
Topical mupirocin 2% ointment for diagnosis of Zoon's balanitis and monotherapy of balanitis circumscripta plasmacellularis commonly found. Ophthalmological complications such as conjunctivitis, scleritis, uveitis, or keratitis occur in approximately 50% of patients, which is no... PR Cohen - 《Intern...
29 (23%) were found carriers of S. Aureus and treated with mupirocin ointment (BactrobanÒ) for 5 days. The treatment was repeated 2 months later. Retrospective study on 1,000 consecutive patients operated without nasal decolonization of the surgical team showed 6% SSIs. Of the 300 cases ...
Leme, H. Sader, M.E. Canziani, S. Manfredi, S. Draibe, A.C. Pignatari Staphylococcus aureus prophylaxis in hemodialysis patients using central venous catheter: Effect of mupirocin ointment J Am Soc Nephrol, 9 (1998), pp. 1085-1092 CrossrefView in ScopusGoogle ScholarCited by (236)...
Topical antibiotics are often formulated in an ointment or a cream, and contain active agents such as macrolide antibiotic (such as erythromycin), a sulfa antibiotic (such as sulfacetamide), a cyclic peptide (such as bacitracin a polymyxin) a psuedomonic acid (such as mupirocin), an ammyro...
The objective of this prospective, randomized, double-blind study was to evaluate the effect of the addition of mupirocin to the 'classical' topical SDD regimen (tobramycin 80 mg, polymyxin E 100 mg, amphotericin B 500 mg) on the development of ICU-acquired infections due to Gram-positive bac...