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The Utility of Polysporin Ointment in the Eradication of Methicillin‐Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Colonization: A Pilot Study
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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).
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- The Utility of Polysporin Ointment in the Eradication of Methicillin‐Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Colonization: A Pilot Study
- Scott Fung , MD, Sharon O’Grady , MLT, BAS, Catharine Kennedy , RN, CIC, Helen Dedier , MLT, Iivi Campbell , MD and John Conly , MD
- Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology
- Vol. 21, No. 10 (October 2000) (pp. 653-655)
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From the Division of Infectious Diseases (Drs. Fung and Conly), Department of Medicine; Department of Microbiology (Drs. Campbell, Conly; Mr. Dedier); the Infection Prevention and Control Unit (Dr. Conly; Ms. Kennedy), University Health Network, Toronto General and Toronto Western Hospitals, University of Toronto; Infection Control Unit (Dr. Conly; Ms. O’Grady), the Riverdale Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.Address reprint requests to John Conly, MD, Hospital Epidemiologist, University Health Network, 13 NU‐118, Toronto General Hospital, 200 Elizabeth St, Toronto, Ontario M5G 2C4, Canada.Data from this paper were presented in part at the 66th Conjoint Meeting of the Canadian Association of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases in November 1998 in Toronto. This study received no financial support from the pharmaceutical industry.99‐CC‐139. Fung S, O’Grady S, Kennedy C, Dediert H, Campbell I, Conly J. The utility of Polysporin ointment in the eradication of methicillinresistant Staphylococcus auerus colonization: a pilot study. Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 2000;21:653‐655.
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- Meredith S. Arnold , BSN, CIC; Jane M. Dempsey , MS, CIC; Marlene Fishman , MPH, CIC; Patricia J. McAuley , RN, BSN; Cynthia Tibert , BSN, CIC; Nancy C. Vallande , MSM, CICVol. 23, No. 2 (February 2002) pp. 69-76Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/502009