The hospital intensive care unit had only two isolation rooms

Alexander Ogden, 17, died after surgery at Hinchingbrooke Hospital.

A post mortem examination revealed he had contracted the superbug MRSA, an inquest was told.

However the coroner said it remained uncertain whether the teenager's death was as a direct result of MRSA or another unknown infection.

His father Colonel Ian Ogden said he had not ruled out legal action against the hospital.

Spine operation

However, he demanded hospital managers agree to commission an independent review into his son's death.

An inquest heard how he died last July following an operation to correct a curvature of the spine.

While he was in intensive care an infection set in and despite treatment with antibiotics it led to blood poisoning.

Alexander's lungs failed in a condition known as adult respiratory distress syndrome.

Dr Michael Harris, who carried out the post mortem, said: "The changes I found in the lungs at the time of death were more than enough to cause a fatal outcome.

"There's no way of knowing whether they were due to MRSA or another infection."

Cambridgeshire Coroner David Morris recorded a verdict of medical misadventure, saying the operation had been carried out properly.

"But, if Alexander had not gone into Hinchingbrooke he would not have got blood poisoning.

"I'm not willing to rule out MRSA but I'm not in a position to say if the blood poisoning was exacerbated by MRSA and that caused the untimely death of young Alex."