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mupirocin calcium

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mu·pir·o·cin calcium (my-pîr-sn)
n.
An antibiotic that is produced by the bacterium Pseudomonas fluorescens and inhibits protein synthesis by streptococcal and staphylococcal bacteria. It is used locally in the treatment of bacterial skin infections, such as impetigo.


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After transfer to the burn unit, she was treated with topical mupirocin calcium cream and bismuth tribromophenatein petrolatum gauze dressings.
Treatment to eliminate nasal carriage in culture-positive persons was given after randomization, by using either intranasal mupirocin calcium 2% ointment (Bactroban, Glaxo SmithKline, Philadelphia, PA) or sodium fusidate 2% ointment (Fucidin, Leo Pharmaceutical, Ballerup, Denmark), twice a day for a week.
 
 
 
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