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 ...

Bacterial decolonization with mupirocin nasal ointment significantly lowered rates of severe acute radiation oral mucositis in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma undergoing radiotherapy. The ...

The approved abbreviated new drug application (ANDA) for Mupirocin cream is therapeutically equivalent to the reference listed drug product (RLD), Bactroban cream (2 per cent) of SmithKline Beecham ...

The use of sterile paraffin (Lacri-Lube) or mupirocin (Bactroban) ointment on surgical wounds was evaluated in a randomized trial and compared with no ointment (Br J Surg. 2006;93:937-943). Patients ...

Mupirocin is a generic drug that’s prescribed for certain skin infections. It’s available in a topical cream or an ointment. The ointment is available as the brand-name drug Centany. The cost of ...

The risk of peritonitis associated with infections of the peritoneal catheter exit site can be reduced by the use of proper exit-site care, such as the routine administration of prophylactic ...

The full CMI on the next page has more details. If you are worried about using this medicine, speak to your doctor or pharmacist. BACTROBAN ointment contains the active ingredient mupirocin calcium.

Pharmaceutical company Glenmark's US subsidiary Glenmark Generics has received final approval from US Food and Drugs Administration for its abbreviated new drug application for Mupirocin Calcium Cream ...