Ropidocin Ointment
COMPOSITION – Mupirocin IP 2.0% w/w
- Monotherapy with mupirocin 2% should be considered as a primary treatment alternative for pitted keratolysis.
- Competitively inhibits bacterial isoleucyl transfer-RNA synthetase & inhibits bacterial protein synthesis.
- It is used either alone or with skin antiseptics as a part of a comprehensive mesa decolonization strategy.
- A unique antimicrobial agent because of its structure and mechanism of action. It exerts its antimicrobial activity by reversibly inhibiting isoleucyl transfer-RNA.
- Is a tropical antibiotic largely used to eradicate staphylococcal nasal carriage
