Every baby of an MRSA carrier mother will ultimately become a carrier.  Close 
contact does that, whether or not you breastfeed.  The safest thing for the 
mother, baby, hospital and other patients is for mother and baby to be kept 
together continuously and to breastfeed.

Like many other organisms (eg Group B Strep), you can be an asymptomatic 
carrier or symptomatically infected.

Nancy
Nancy E. Wight MD, IBCLC, FABM, FAAP
Neonatologist, Sharp Mary Birch Hospital for Women and Children's Hospital
Medical Director, Sharp HealthCare Lactation Services
San Diego, CA
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