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Is Mupirocin Or Gentamicin Better For The Treatment Of An Insect Bite On The Arm?
I scratch an area on my arm that I thought was an insect bite. It is now red a little hard and the area around it is getting red. I just started triple antibiotic ointment and also have mupirocin ointment and gentamycin ointment at home. Which one would be better to use?
Wed, 8 Aug 2018
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Mupirocin will be the preferred choice as it is very much effective in skin infection and inflammation. It has got wider spectrum of action and its side effects are minimal.
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Mupirocin will be the preferred choice as it is very much effective in skin infection and inflammation. It has got wider spectrum of action and its side effects are minimal.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
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