A two-year-old client is being treated for vesicular rash that appears golden and crusted on the child's abdomen. The provider suspects a local staphylococcus infection. The nurse knows that mupirocin will be ordered and explains to the parent that it is typically used to treat which of the following?

a. Local bacterial infections
b. Chicken pox rashes
c. Local viral infections
d. Rashes that itch


a. Local bacterial infections
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a. Mupirocin is typically used to treat local bacterial infections such as staphylococcus and certain species of streptococci infections.
b. Mupirocin is not typically used to treat chicken pox rashes. .
c. Mupirocin is not typically used to treat local viral infections. .
d. Mupirocin is not typically used to treat rashes that itch. .

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