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Bactroban Nasal mupirocin ointment: Marketed to eradicate nasal colonization with methicillin-resistant S. aureus

June 17, 2002 7:00 AM UTC

In a double-blind, placebo-controlled MARS trial in 3,864 evaluable patients, preoperative intranasal application of mupirocin did not significantly reduce the rate of S. aureus surgical site infectio...