Does nasal colonization or mupirocin treatment affect recurrence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus skin and skin structure infections? Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • Some patients with community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus skin and skin structure infections have experienced frequent recurrences. We performed a retrospective study and determined that the presence of nasal colonization did not affect recurrence and nasal mupirocin treatment marginally decreased recurrence.

publication date

  • October 19, 2007

Research

keywords

  • Carrier State
  • Methicillin Resistance
  • Nasal Cavity
  • Staphylococcal Skin Infections

Identity

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 38449106819

PubMed ID

  • 17952848

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 28

issue

  • 12