IOWA CITY, Iowa, June 12 (UPI) -- An antibiotic ointment applied to the nose prior to surgery dramatically reduces the rate of so-called "staph" infections, which are considered a serious problem in ...

In what may be the largest clinical trial to evaluate the effectiveness of antimicrobial agents in preventing surgical wound and hospital-based infections caused by Staphylococcus aureus, scientists ...

June 13, 2002 -- Intranasal mupirocin reduces post-operative Staphylococcus aureus infection in patients who were nasal carriers preoperatively, according to results of a trial reported in the June 13 ...

A large multi-state study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, HCA Healthcare, and the University of California, Irvine has found that a nasal ...

SAN DIEGO, CA—Clinicians should consider nasal povidone-iodine as an alternative to nasal mupirocin ointment to reduce risk of deep Staphylococcus aureus surgical site infections (SSI) following ...

January 6, 2010 — Rapid screening and decolonizing of Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriers on admission reduces hospital-acquired, surgical-site S aureus infections, according to the results of a ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. & ORANGE, Calif. & ATLANTA & BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A large multi-state study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, HCA ...

Mupirocin (as calcium) 2%; oint. Eradication of nasal colonization of methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) in adult patients and healthcare workers in certain institutional settings during outbreaks ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “Mupirocin is the gold-standard topical treatment for nasal decolonization, but there are reports of increasing ...

Mupirocin treatment effectively induced primary Staphylococcus aureus decolonization in 85% to 100% of infants in several neonatal ICUs throughout the United States, and the treatment was generally ...