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- Title
Spotlight on Retapamulin in Impetigo and Other Uncomplicated Superficial Skin Infections.
- Authors
Yang, Lily P. H.; Keam, Susan J.
- Abstract
Topical retapamulin (Altabax, Altargo) is the first pleuromutilin antibacterial approved for the treatment of uncomplicated superficial skin infections caused by Staphylococcus aureus (excluding methicillin-resistant S. aureus [MRSA]) and Streptococcus pyogenes in patients aged >9 months. In the EU, retapamulin is indicated for use in patients with impetigo or with infected small lacerations, abrasions, or sutured wounds (without abscesses); in the US, it is indicated for use in patients with impetigo. Retapamulin has a novel site of action on bacterial ribosomes. In clinical trials in patients with impetigo, topical retapamulin 1% ointment twice daily for 5 days (the approved regimen) was superior to placebo; treatment with retapamulin was noninferior to that with topical fusidic acid. In patients with secondarily infected traumatic lesions, treatment with retapamulin was noninferior to that with oral cephalexin, although the efficacy of retapamulin was reduced in patients with MRSA infections or superficial abscesses. Retapamulin was well tolerated in both pediatric and adult patients, and the majority of adverse events were of mild to moderate severity. Thus, the introduction of topical retapamulin 1% ointment extends the treatment options available in the management of impetigo and uncomplicated secondarily infected traumatic lesions.
- Subjects
SKIN infections; IMPETIGO treatment; STAPHYLOCOCCUS aureus infections; CLINICAL trials; STAPHYLOCOCCUS aureus; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
American Journal of Clinical Dermatology, 2008, Vol 9, Issue 6, p411
- ISSN
1175-0561
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2165/0128071-200809060-00010