Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology (Jan 2009)

A Double-Blind, Randomized, Controlled Trial of Topical Polysporin Triple Compound Versus Topical Mupirocin for the Eradication of Colonization with Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a Complex Continuing Care Population

  • S O’Grady,
  • Z Hirji,
  • B Pejcic-Karapetrovic,
  • S Fung,
  • H Dedier,
  • J Takata-Shewchuk,
  • K Zhang,
  • J Conly

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/2009/274896
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 20, no. 3
pp. e49 – e55

Abstract

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BACKGROUND: Intranasal mupirocin or Polysporin Triple (PT) ointment (polymyxin B, bacitracin, gramicidin), in combination with chlorhexidine body washes, have been used for eradicating methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), but no comparative studies have been done.