The utility of empirical mupirocin for eradication of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus colonisation in Far North Queensland, Australia.

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections are common in Far North Queensland (FNQ) and their incidence is increasing. Decolonisation regimens that include topical mupirocin are recommended in Australian guidelines to reduce recurrent infection. Mupirocin resistance was identified in 3,932/15,851 (24.

Efficacy and Safety of Intravenous Lincosamide Therapy in Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Bacteremia.

Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteremia has a high case-fatality rate, but currently recommended antimicrobial therapies have many shortcomings. The efficacy and safety of lincosamide therapy for MRSA bacteremia is incompletely defined. A retrospective audit was done of the management of all adults with MRSA bacteremia at an Australian tertiary referral hospital between 1 January 2007 and 31 December 2020.