title: The use of mupirocin before skin surgery.
abstract: Presumed skin cancers were excised from 46 consecutive outpatients without antibiotic cover. A purulent wound developed in ten patients. Similar, but contaminated lesions were excised from 40 patients, but mupirocin ointment was used before surgery. Not one purulent wound developed out of 45 excisions.
authors.affiliation: Dermatology Unit, Repatriation General Hospital, Heidelberg, Australia.
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Czarnecki
authors.forename: C G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Nash
authors.forename: T G
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Bohl
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002280:Basal Cell Carcinoma / Q000601:surgery*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000601:surgery; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016712:Mupirocin; D011292:Premedication; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D013530:Surgical Wound Infection / Q000517:prevention & control*
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D005227:Fatty Acids; D016712:Mupirocin