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The utility of polysporin ointment in the eradication of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonization: a
1Department of Medicine, Toronto General and Toronto Western Hospitals, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
|November 18, 2000
Abstract:
We evaluated the efficacy of an ointment containing bacitracin, polymyxin B, and gramicidin for the eradication of colonization by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in 11 medical patients, 10 (91%) of whom had previously failed a 1-week course of topical mupirocin. Mupirocin resistance was documented in 5 (45%) of 11 patients. Successful decolonization was achieved in 9 (82%) of 11 patients (based on 2 months of follow-up).