Mother and baby contract MRSA

Link: The Press Association: Mother and baby contract MRSA.

A mother and her newborn baby have contracted MRSA. Razvana Ali, 19, was diagnosed with the hospital superbug following the delivery of her daughter by caesarean section at Bradford Royal Infirmary in February. She began to suspect baby Marwha had fallen victim to the same bug when she developed a rash on her body which began oozing. Eventually it was confirmed her baby had contracted the superbug. A spokeswoman for Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust said: "Cases of MRSA in mums and babies are very rare and are taken extremely seriously by the foundation trust. "It is quite common for babies to develop rashes, which can be a symptom of many illnesses. "As soon as we suspected that baby Marwha had MRSA, we immediately gave her some antibiotics through a drip and arranged for an appropriate transfer, as our children's wards were experiencing a high volume of patients. "We appreciate that this must have been a very worrying time for Marwha's family and would welcome discussions with them about Marwha's treatment." Now Mrs Ali and her husband Mohammed, 28, of Little Horton, Bradford, want to know why it took more than two months for the diagnosis of MRSA to be made for their baby who was born on February 5.