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.

Mupirocin ointment before a total hip or knee arthroscopy is a safe and cost-effective intervention for reducing surgical site infections, according to a study published in Infection Control and ...

generic cream GlaxoSmithKline announced a recall of 13 lots of Bactroban (mupirocin) Nasal Ointment, Bactroban Ointment, and Bactroban Cream. This recall is a precautionary measure due to potential ...

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 (as calcium) 2%. <3months: not recommended. ≥3months: Apply small amount 3 times daily for 10 days. May use gauze dressing. Reevaluate if no response in 3–5 days. Avoid eyes. Nasal use in ...

My husband suffers from recurring boils. He was told by his physician to apply bactroban ointment in his nose for a couple of days every month as prevention. Can this be correct? Firstly, he was given ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . There is concern that mupirocin decolonization might cause MRSA PCR nasal swab tests to be inaccurate. A study ...

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