Groups
|
n
|
Slime production
|
mecA vs icaD
|
---|
icaA
|
icaD
|
icaA+icaD
|
---|
r
|
P value
|
r
|
P value
|
r
|
P value
|
r
|
P value
|
---|
1
|
22
|
0.894
|
0.000◇
|
0.459
|
0.036△
|
1.000
|
0.000◇
|
0.686
|
0.001☆
|
2
|
21
|
0.679
|
0.001◇
|
0.439
|
0.047△
|
0.748
|
0.000◇
|
0.553
|
0.009☆
|
3
|
19
|
0.701
|
0.001◇
|
0.406
|
0.085
|
0.782
|
0.000◇
|
0.456
|
0.049☆
|
4
|
20
|
0.533
|
0.015△
|
0.408
|
0.074
|
0.698
|
0.001◇
|
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).