Effect of intranasal mupirocin and chlorhexidine body wash on decolonization of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol. 2011 Oct;32(10):1048-50. doi: 10.1086/662019.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Administration, Intranasal
  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / administration & dosage
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Anti-Infective Agents, Local / administration & dosage
  • Anti-Infective Agents, Local / therapeutic use*
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Chlorhexidine / administration & dosage
  • Chlorhexidine / therapeutic use*
  • Female
  • Hong Kong
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Interviews as Topic
  • Male
  • Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects*
  • Middle Aged
  • Mupirocin / administration & dosage
  • Mupirocin / therapeutic use*
  • Regression Analysis
  • Staphylococcal Infections / drug therapy*
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Anti-Infective Agents, Local
  • Mupirocin
  • Chlorhexidine