"Mupirocin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A topically used antibiotic from a strain of Pseudomonas fluorescens. It has shown excellent activity against gram-positive staphylococci and streptococci. The antibiotic is used primarily for the treatment of primary and secondary skin disorders, nasal infections, and wound healing.
| Descriptor ID |
D016712
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.355.291.411.658 D03.383.663.555 D10.251.536
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| Concept/Terms |
Mupirocin- Mupirocin
- Pseudomonic Acid A
- Pseudomonic Acid
- Acid, Pseudomonic
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2006 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2008 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Mupirocin" by people in Profiles.
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HOME2 Study: Household Versus Personalized Decolonization in Households of Children With Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Skin and Soft Tissue Infection-A Randomized Clinical Trial. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 12 06; 73(11):e4568-e4577.
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Reduction of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection in long-term care is possible while maintaining patient socialization: A prospective randomized clinical trial. Am J Infect Control. 2016 12 01; 44(12):1622-1627.
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Nonimpact of Decolonization as an Adjunctive Measure to Contact Precautions for the Control of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Transmission in Acute Care. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2016 01; 60(1):99-104.
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Impact of Detection, Education, Research and Decolonization without Isolation in Long-term care (DERAIL) on methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization and transmission at 3 long-term care facilities. Am J Infect Control. 2014 Oct; 42(10 Suppl):S269-73.
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Dose-ranging study to assess the application of intranasal 2% mupirocin calcium ointment to eradicate Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization. Surg Infect (Larchmt). 2013 Feb; 14(1):69-72.
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Association of high-level mupirocin resistance and multidrug-resistant methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus at an academic center in the midwestern United States. J Clin Microbiol. 2011 Jan; 49(1):95-100.
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Decolonization therapy in infection control. Curr Opin Infect Dis. 2010 Aug; 23(4):340-5.
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Topical therapy for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization: impact on infection risk. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2009 Jul; 30(7):623-32.
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Staphylococcus aureus nasal decolonization in joint replacement surgery reduces infection. Clin Orthop Relat Res. 2008 Jun; 466(6):1349-55.
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Universal surveillance for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in 3 affiliated hospitals. Ann Intern Med. 2008 Mar 18; 148(6):409-18.