Abstract: LU Xue-yan, PANG Yan-hua, HUANG Er-shun, LI Lin-feng. Department of Dermatology, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing 100191, China Corresponding author: LI Lin-feng, Email: zoonli@tom.com 【Abstract】 Objective To observe the response of and recurrence in patients with localized eczema after treatment with topical glucocorticoid alone or in combination with topical antibacterials. Methods Totally, 217 outpatients with acute or subacute localized eczema were enrolled and randomly classified into two groups to be treated with topical corticosteroids combined with mupirocin cream （experiment group, n=191） or topical corticosteroids alone （control group, n = 190） for two weeks. The patients who were cured at the end of the 2-week treatment were followed for 13 weeks for the observation of recurrence. Chi-square test and Student′s t test were conducted to compare the cure and recurrence rates between different groups of patients. Results After two weeks of treatment, the cure rate in the experiment group was significantly higher than that in the control group （80.6% vs. 64.8%, ?字2 = 6.576, P = 0.01）. Increased cure rate was also observed in patients with acute and subacute eczema receiving glucocorticoidCaspase14antibiotic combination therapy compared with those receiving corticosteroids alone. During the 13Caspase14week follow up, a lower recurrence rate was noted in the experiment group compared with the control group （15.6% vs. 33.8%, ?字2 = 6.455, P < 0.05）. Further more, the patients experiencing relapse of eczema showed a higher proportion of hand eczema cases （29.4% vs. 13.0%, ?字2 = 4.982, P < 0.05） compared with those without relapse. Adverse reaction was mild in these patients, and no statistical difference was observed between the experiment group and control group （5.71% vs. 4.46%, ?字2 = 0.176, P > 0.05）. Conclusion The combination with topical antibacterials may enhance the therapeutic effect of topical glucocorticoids on and reduce the recurrence of localized eczema.

Key words: eczema, antibacterial agent