Does nasal colonization or mupirocin treatment affect recurrence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus skin and skin structure infections?

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Some patients with community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus skin and skin structure infections have experienced frequent recurrences. We performed a retrospective study and determined that the presence of nasal colonization did not affect recurrence and nasal mupirocin treatm ā€¦
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Authors Rahimian J;Khan R;LaScalea KA;;
Journal Infection control and hospital epidemiology
Year 2007
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http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17952848
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National Center for Biotechnology Information NCBI NLM MEDLINE humans pubmed abstract nih national institutes of health national library of medicine adult female male Recurrence Retrospective Studies anti-bacterial agents / therapeutic use community-acquired infections / drug therapy methicillin resistance* staphylococcal skin infections / drug therapy* new york city carrier state / microbiology* mupirocin / therapeutic use outpatients pmid:17952848 doi:10.1086/523273 joseph rahimian raymond khan keith a lascalea nasal cavity / microbiology* staphylococcal skin infections / etiology

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