How do you counsel parents of children with atopic dermatitis about preventing recurrent Staph infections?
Are dilute bleach baths enough? Should they use any topical therapies? Is there a need for Staph decolonization with something like mupirocin?
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Dermatology · University of Tennessee
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For recurrent Staph infections, I recommend bathing daily, as well as giving a bleach bath 2-3 nights per week.
If they are struggling with multiple or recurrent abscesses, and/or other family members are also having recurrent Staph infections, that is when I recommend intranasal mupirocin. I typica...
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