FIG. 1.

Efficacy of retapamulin (2, 1, 0.5, and 0.1% [wt/wt] in petrolatum ointment) and mupirocin (2% [wt/wt] in polyethylene glycol base) t.i.d. for 4 days against an experimental surgical wound infection in mice caused by S. aureus J1225 (A) or S. pyogenes 257 (B). Open circles represent bacterial numbers in the wound abscess of individual animals, and error bars define the means and standard deviations.