Clinical effectiveness of ototopical application of mupirocin ointment in methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus otorrhea

Otology and Neurotology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 676-678

  Furukawa, Masayuki ^a   Minekawa, Akira ^a   Haruyama, Takuo ^a   Narui, Yuya ^a   Sugita, Gen ^a   Sugita, Rinya ^b   Kusunoki, Takeshi ^a   Ikeda, Katsuhisa ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Sugita ENT Clinic   (Japan)

Author keywords

MRSA otorrhea; Mupirocin; Ofloxacin; Ototopical; Treatment

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; EAR SURGERY; EARDRUM; EXTERNAL AUDITORY CANAL; EXTERNAL EAR; FEMALE; HEARING ACUITY; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; OTORRHEA; OTOTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; ADOLESCENT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID OTORRHEA; CHILD; FOLLOW UP; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID OTORRHEA; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; MUPIROCIN; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 58149378721     PISSN: 15317129     EISSN: 15374505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAO.0b013e31817ef4b7     Document Type: Article

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