Groups | n | Slime production |
mecA vs icaD
|
---|
icaA
|
icaD
|
icaA+icaD
|
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r | P value | r | P value | r | P value | r | P value |
---|
1 | 22 | 0.894 | 0.000â—‡
| 0.459 | 0.036â–³
| 1.000 | 0.000â—‡
| 0.686 | 0.001☆
|
2 | 21 | 0.679 | 0.001â—‡
| 0.439 | 0.047â–³
| 0.748 | 0.000â—‡
| 0.553 | 0.009☆
|
3 | 19 | 0.701 | 0.001â—‡
| 0.406 | 0.085 | 0.782 | 0.000â—‡
| 0.456 | 0.049☆
|
4 | 20 | 0.533 | 0.015â–³
| 0.408 | 0.074 | 0.698 | 0.001â—‡
| 0.535 | 0.015☆
|
- Group 1, blood isolates obtained from patients’ IV line; Group 2, nasal isolates of healthy volunteers; Group 3, nasal isolates of the same patients in Group 1; Group 4, nasal isolates of ICU staff. △The correlation between the presence of the operon and the presence of slime production in all groups (p<0.05). ◇The correlation between the presence of the operon and the presence of slime production in all groups (p<0.001). ☆The correlation between the presence of MecA and icaD (p<0.05).