 Mupirocin
"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.
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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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| 1996 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Mupirocin" by people in Profiles.
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Kotloff KL, Shirley DT, Creech CB, Frey SE, Harrison CJ, Staat M, Anderson EJ, Dulkerian S, Thomsen IP, Al-Hosni M, Pahud BA, Bernstein DI, Yi J, Petrikin JE, Haberman B, Stephens K, Stephens I, Oler RE, Conrad TM. Mupirocin for Staphylococcus aureus Decolonization of Infants in Neonatal Intensive Care Units. Pediatrics. 2019 01; 143(1).
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Kingwatanakul P, Warady BA. Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage in children receiving long-term peritoneal dialysis. Adv Perit Dial. 1997; 13:281-4.
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Miller MA, Dascal A, Portnoy J, Mendelson J. Development of mupirocin resistance among methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus after widespread use of nasal mupirocin ointment. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 1996 Dec; 17(12):811-3.
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