Eight babies contract antibiotic-resistant dangerous infection

The outbreak of S.capitis at the Rotunda Hospital meant the infants had to be isolated or nursed with strict contact precautions in the neonatal intensive care unit.

A dangerous infection that is resistant to multiple antibiotics was contracted by eight babies at one of the country’s busiest maternity hospitals, it has emerged.

The outbreak of S.capitis at the Rotunda Hospital meant the infants had to be isolated or nursed with strict contact precautions in the neonatal intensive care unit.