Comparison of mupirocin susceptibility of nasal and nonnasal Staphylococcus aureus isolates

Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis. 1994 Nov;20(3):171-4. doi: 10.1016/0732-8893(94)90113-9.

Abstract

Susceptibilities of 414 nasal and 586 nonnasal Staphylococcus aureus isolates, both methicillin resistant and methicillin susceptible, to the topical antimicrobial agent mupirocin were compared. A susceptibility of 99.1% was observed for the 1000 isolates. Nasal and nonnasal isolates showed a similar 90% minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC90) and statistically equivalent percent susceptibilities.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study

MeSH terms

  • Humans
  • Methicillin Resistance
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Mupirocin / pharmacology*
  • Nose / microbiology*
  • Staphylococcus aureus / drug effects*
  • Staphylococcus aureus / isolation & purification

Substances

  • Mupirocin