TY - JOUR AU - Gibbons, Cheryl L. AU - van Bunnik, Bram A. D. AU - Blatchford, Oliver AU - Robertson, Chris AU - Porphyre, Thibaud AU - Imrie, Laura AU - Wilson, Julie AU - Fitzgerald, J. Ross AU - Woolhouse, Mark E. J. AU - Chase-Topping, Margo E. PY - 2016 DA - 2016/05/21 TI - Not just a matter of size: a hospital-level risk factor analysis of MRSA bacteraemia in Scotland JO - BMC Infectious Diseases SP - 222 VL - 16 IS - 1 AB - Worldwide, there is a wealth of literature examining patient-level risk factors for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteraemia. At the hospital-level it is generally accepted that MRSA bacteraemia is more common in larger hospitals. In Scotland, size does not fully explain all the observed variation among hospitals. The aim of this study was to identify risk factors for the presence and rate of MRSA bacteraemia cases in Scottish mainland hospitals. Specific hypotheses regarding hospital size, type and connectivity were examined. SN - 1471-2334 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-016-1563-6 DO - 10.1186/s12879-016-1563-6 ID - Gibbons2016 ER -