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How do you counsel parents of children with atopic dermatitis about preventing recurrent Staph infections?

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Dermatology · University of Tennessee

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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