Eradication of Staphylococcus aureus colonization by chronic use of mupirocin in patients on home parenteral nutrition

Although in other groups Staphylococcus aureus eradication has proven to be an effective infection prevention measure, to our knowledge, no such studies have been performed in patients on home parenteral nutrition (HPN). The aim of this study was to investigate the efficacy of chronic nasal mupirocin use on S. aureus eradication and prevention of catheter related infections in patients on HPN.This was a cohort study with data collected from...