Open AccessPrevalence of mupirocin resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates among patients admitted to a tertiary care hospital
Author(s) -
AmitKumar Singh,
AmitKumar Singh,
Snehanshu Shukla,
Loveleena Agarwal,
Parul Chaturvedi
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
north american journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2250-1541
pISSN - 1947-2714
DOI - 10.4103/1947-2714.139293
Subject(s) - mupirocin , medicine , staphylococcus aureus , tertiary care , methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus , microbiology and biotechnology , bacteria , biology , genetics
For the treatment of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections and decolonization of MRSA carriers, the use of mupirocin a topical antibiotic is increasing day by day.