DrugLib.com — Drug Information Portal

Rx drug information, pharmaceutical research, clinical trials, news, and more



The NOSE Study (Nasal Ointment for Staphylococcus aureus Eradication): A Randomized Controlled Trial of Monthly Mupirocin in HIV-Infected Individuals.

Author(s): Gordon RJ, Chez N, Jia H, Zeller B, Sobieszczyk M, Brennan C, Hisert KB, Lee MH, Vavagiakis P, Lowy FD

Affiliation(s): From the *Department of Medicine, Columbia University, New York, NY; daggerCollege of Physicians and Surgeons, Department of Epidemiology, Columbia University, New York, NY; double daggerHELP/PSI, Inc; section signDepartment of Biostatistics, Columbia University, New York, NY; ||Mailman School of Public Health, and the School of Nursing, Columbia University, New York, NY; paragraph signPanna Technologies, Brooklyn, NY; and #Department of Pathology, Columbia University, New York, NY.

Publication date & source: 2010-08-03, J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr., [Epub ahead of print]

BACKGROUND:: HIV-positive patients at HELP/PSI, Inc, an in-patient drug rehabilitation center, had a high baseline prevalence of Staphylococcus aureus colonization (49%) and incidence of infection (17%) in a previous year-long study. METHODS:: A randomized, double-blinded, placebo-controlled study was conducted to determine whether repeated nasal application of mupirocin ointment would decrease the odds of S. aureus nasal colonization in 100 HELP/PSI patients over an 8-month period. A 5-day course of study drug was given monthly, and colonization was assessed at baseline and 1 month after each treatment. S. aureus infection was a secondary outcome. RESULTS:: In repeated-measures analysis, mupirocin reduced the odds of monthly S. aureus nasal colonization by 83% compared with placebo [adjusted odds ratio (ORadj) = 0.17; P < 0.0001]. Subjects colonized at study entry had a 91% reduction in subsequent colonization (ORadj = 0.09; P < 0.0001). Mupirocin also suppressed S. aureus colonization in subjects not colonized at baseline (ORadj = 0.23; P = 0.006). There was no difference in infection rates between the mupirocin and placebo groups (hazard ratio = 0.49, P = 0.29). CONCLUSIONS:: Monthly application of nasal mupirocin significantly decreased S. aureus colonization in HIV patients in residential drug rehabilitation. Monthly mupirocin application has a potential role in long-term care settings or in HIV-positive patients with high rates of S. aureus colonization and infection.

Page last updated: 2010-10-05

-- advertisement -- The American Red Cross
 
Home | About Us | Contact Us | Site usage policy | Privacy policy

All Rights reserved - Copyright DrugLib.com, 2006-2017