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Please describe the medication: bactroban (mupirocin)?
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Antibiotic: Treats skin infections. Belongs to a class of drugs called antibiotics. Bactroban (mupirocin) is an antibacterial used to treat skin infections such a impetigo.
Answered 7/24/2016
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Ointment for impetig: Now available as generic mupirocin, it is prescription to treat staph & strep skin infections such as impetigo. It is also used to reduce carriage of staph bacteria in the nose. Largely due to overuse, resistent staph are now a problem. It comes as a cream or ointment.
Answered 3/20/2015
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After being on a picc line for drug invanz (ertapenem) and the more ab's (after a surgical inf.), i now have staph on my skin. Mupirocin not working.I'm worried..
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Can you take bactroban (mupirocin) if you have a sulfa drug allergy?
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