The US FDA has published rules (1977, revised in 1987) that establish appropriate labeling of OTC topical antibiotics and the conditions under which products are generally recognized as safe and ...

The MEDLINE database was searched for articles from 1966 through to August 2007 using the subject terms 'topical antibiotic ... acid', 'triple antibiotic ointment', 'neosporin', 'neomycin ...