If an infant gets Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) because her parent has it, will the child

be taken away for child abuse. The parents are actully afraid to take her to the doctor for these reasons.

the situation is my brother, is it that extreamly dangerous? He is really freaking out, and called me crying.

These parents are stupid if they aren't getting their baby medical attention if he/she has a serious infection. You aren't breaking the law if you have MRSA, but you are breaking the law if you fail to get your child medical care. To have their baby being taken away because the parent has MRSA, would be like taking a child away from a parent because they both have colds.

MRSA is very common today. it can be caused by unsanitary conditions. the parent should be more concerned with making sure that the child finishes all antibiotics and follows up with the pediatrician.

Get that child to the emergency room NOW!

The child will be taken away if they do not get the baby medical care immediately.

umm..
it honestly doesnt matter if the child is taken away because they either let it die from some disease because they are too selfish to take care of or they get their child better and healthy.. make sense?

Thats crazy I wouldn't worry about being charged with child abuse, they didn't pass it on purpose. But MRSA is a sometimes deadly and very hard to treat infection and they could be putting their child's life on the line that is the child abuse in this case if they care about their child they should seek medical attention immediately.

no.. that won't happen.. They need to disenfect the enitre house,sheets,clothing,counters,door knobs and all surfaces and get that child to the doctor,before she has serious problems. This can even cause death and that would not be a pretty site compared to jail time for refusing medical treatment.

I agree -- get the infant to the ER if you suspect MRSA. Put the child's needs FIRST and that is the RIGHT thing to do.

The child will only be taken away if your brother does NOT seek medical treatment! MRSA is going around crazy, not from unsanitary conditions, but from person to person. You touch an object or me, I contract the bacteria from the object or you... Need to make sure you wash your hands like a germaphobe & use bleach water on your touchable surfaces!

First off...what I'd like to know...how do the parents know they and their child even have MRSA? Seems to me that if the parents had the required culture done to confirm MRSA...surely they would be under going treatment already and would know, from speaking with their doctor, that they would not be charged with child abuse.
Hmmm?
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At any rate...
Staphylococcus aureus is a bacterium often found in 20-30% of the noses of normal healthy people and is also commonly found on people's skin. Most strains of this bacterium are sensitive to many antibiotics and infections can be effectively treated. Staphylococcus aureus which are resistant to an antibiotic called methicillin are referred to as methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or MRSA.
My friend's son became infected with it during football practise at his Jr. High school this fall. They believe he contracted it through a scrap on his hand and contact with another player.
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Other friends, (who keep a SPOTLESS house BTW), have been trying for over 6 months to get their only child cured of this. It was orignally mis-diagnosed last spring as an ordinary Staph infection until the sores did not respond to regular treatments. Finally the culture was done and MRSA was diagnoised. The sores have come back several times since. They haven't a clue as to how their child was infected
The doctor told them the original infection was simply never fully cured because it is so resistant to most meds and just lays dormant in the body for a bit before cropping up again.
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The longer the MRSA goes untreated the worse the infection (which include very deep nasty sores) becomes and the harder it will be to cure.

I am going to be very up front with you and call myself out. My daughter got MRSA from her day care provider. It was miserable for her, and I am sure that it is for your brother as well. Staph infections are spread through direct skin to skin contact. So your brother should not have anything to fear through seeking medical attention. A doctor will not look at him and demand to know where the child picked it up. The main thing is getting the child the medical attention that he/she needs. If he doesn't get the little one a doctor's help that is when he will need to worry about losing custody of him/her. This illness needs treatment and it needs it ASAP! Good luck, and I hope they both get better soon.