title: Comparison of mupirocin susceptibility of nasal and nonnasal Staphylococcus aureus isolates.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbial Cell Sciences, SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals, King of Prussia, Pennsylvania 19406.
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Utrup
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Finlay
authors.forename: S F
authors.initials: SF
authors.lastname: Rittenhouse
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Poupard
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D016712:Mupirocin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009666:Nose / Q000382:microbiology*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D016712:Mupirocin