A two-year-old client is being treated for vesicular rash that appears golden and crusted on the child's abdomen. The health care practitioner suspects a local staphylococcus infection. The health care practitioner knows that mupirocin will be ordered and explains to the parent that it is typically used to treat which of the following?
a. Local viral infections
b. Rashes that itch
c. Local bacterial infections
d. Chicken pox rashes