Failure of decolonization in patients with infections due to mupirocin-resistant strains of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2008 Mar;29(3):284; author reply 284-5. doi: 10.1086/527451.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology*
  • Clindamycin / pharmacology*
  • Community-Acquired Infections / drug therapy
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial*
  • Female
  • Homosexuality, Male
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Methicillin Resistance
  • Mupirocin / pharmacology*
  • Nasal Cavity / microbiology
  • Plasmids
  • Recurrence
  • Staphylococcal Skin Infections / drug therapy
  • Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects*

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Clindamycin
  • Mupirocin