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Internal Medicine • Allergy & Immunology • Dermatology • Derm-Infectious Disease • Pediatric Dermatology • Allergic Skin Diseases
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?
Answer from: at Academic Institution
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 typic...
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