Mupirocin ointment before a total hip or knee arthroscopy is a safe and cost-effective intervention for reducing surgical site infections, according to a study published in Infection Control and ...

Mupirocin is a generic drug that’s prescribed for certain skin infections. It’s available in a topical cream or an ointment. The ointment is available as the brand-name drug Centany. The cost of ...

Bacterial decolonization with mupirocin nasal ointment significantly lowered rates of severe acute radiation oral mucositis in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma undergoing radiotherapy. The ...

A large multi-state study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, HCA Healthcare, and the University of California, Irvine has found that a nasal ...