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Mupirocin

Known as: Mupirocinum, 9-[(E)-4-[(2S,3R,4R,5S)-3,4-dihydroxy-5-[[(2S,3S)-3- [(2S,3S)-3-hydroxybutan-2-yl]oxiran-2-yl]methyl] oxan-2-yl]-3-methylbut-2-enoyl]oxynonanoic acid, Mupirocin [Chemical/Ingredient] 
A natural crotonic acid derivative extracted from Pseudomonas fluorescens. Mupirocin inhibits bacterial protein synthesis by specific reversible… 
National Institutes of Health

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Broader (2)

Anti-Bacterial AgentsProtein Synthesis Inhibitors
Bacterial InfectionsHypersensitivityImpetigoIn Blood

Narrower (9)

BactrobanMupirocin 0.02 MG/MG Topical Ointment [Bactroban]Mupirocin 20 MG/ML Topical Cream [Bactroban]Mupirocin, 14C-Labeled

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2012
2012
Molecular epidemiologic analysis of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from four burn centers.
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
Prophylactic antibiotics in patients undergoing laser resurfacing of the skin.
Highly Cited
1999
Highly Cited
1999
A randomized clinical trial of mupirocin in the eradication of Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage in human immunodeficiency virus disease.
Seventy-six human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected patients with Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriage were randomized to… 
Review
1998
Review
1998
Antibiotic resistance among clinically important gram-positive bacteria in the UK.
Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
mRNAs in the methanogenic archaeon Methanococcus vannielii: numbers, half‐lives and processing
Cells from the early exponential growth phase of cultures of the methanogenic archaeon Methanococcus vannielii have been shown to… 
1994
1994
Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) isolated in Saudi Arabia: epidemiology and antimicrobial resistance patterns.
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Eradication of colonization by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus by using oral minocycline-rifampin and topical mupirocin
In an attempt to control the spread of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) within a spinal cord injury unit, we… 
1989
1989
A laboratory-confirmed outbreak of rifampicin-methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (RMRSA) in a newborn nursery.
Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Topical mupirocin treatment of impetigo is equal to oral erythromycin therapy.
Topical antimicrobial therapy has not been effective in the past against cutaneous bacterial infections. In this study, a new… 
Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Selective mono-Claisen rearrangement of carbohydrate glycals. A chemical consequence of the vinylogous anomeric effect.
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