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Table 2 Comparison of virulence gene profiles among S. aureus nasal carriage and infection isolates

From: Molecular typing and characterization of nasal carriage and community-onset infection methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureusisolates in two Taiwan medical centers

Virulence gene

Carriage

Infection

   

N

(%)

N

(%)

OR

99% CI

P

fnbA

91

91

33

97.1

3.264

0.206-51.833

0.271

cna

58

58

14

41.2

0.507

0.179-1.432

0.092

sdrC

100

100

34

100

   

sdrD

59

59

20

58.8

0.993

0.351-2.806

0.986

sdrE

72

72

24

70.6

0.933

0.303-2.879

0.875

bbp

23

23

2

5.9

0.209

0.029-1.507

0.041

icaA

97

97

34

100

   

sea

14

14

6

17.6

1.316

0.332-5.212

0.607

seb

29

29

6

17.6

0.525

0.144-1.907

0.198

sec

26

26

4

11.8

0.379

0.085-1.686

0.094

sed

0

0

0

0

   

see

0

0

0

0

   

seg

65

65

2

5.9

0.034

0.005-0.237

<0.001

seh

37

37

12

35.3

0.929

0.319-2.700

0.858

sei

64

64

6

17.6

0.121

0.034-0.432

<0.001

sej

0

0

0

0

   

sem

66

66

2

5.9

0.032

0.005-0.227

<0.001

sen

67

67

1

2.9

0.015

0.001-0.216

<0.001

seo

66

66

2

5.9

0.032

0.005-0.227

<0.001

tst

31

31

1

2.9

0.067

0.005-0.977

0.009

eta

20

20

1

2.9

0.121

0.008-1.790

0.044

etb

12

12

0

0

   

lukE - lukD

69

69

32

94.1

7.188

1.014-50.947

0.009

lukS-lukF

7

7

3

8.8

1.286

0.201-8.226

0.727

hla

97

97

33

97.1

1.021

0.050-20.899

0.986

hlb

31

31

8

23.5

0.685

0.210-2.231

0.409

hld

100

100

34

100

   

hlg

34

34

2

5.9

0.121

0.017-0.857

0.005

hlg2

63

63

30

88.2

4.405

1.012-19.181

0.009