If you have impetigo in only a small area of your skin, topical antibiotic creams, gels, or ointments are the preferred treatment. Options include mupirocin cream or ointment (Bactroban or Centany ...

Efficacy with impetigo was demonstrated to be comparable with oral therapy (erythromycin) in seven of seven studies (using mupirocin [Bactroban ®]) Prevention of infection in clean or early ...

Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. 2009;7(8):957-965. Although mupirocin did show antimicrobial cure in SIDs, it did not show a significantly improved clinical cure rate compared with vehicle placebo.