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Table 4 Differences in prevalence of SCCmec types and virulence factors among CA-MRSA, HA-MRSA, and MSSA groups

From: Antibiotic susceptibility and genomic variations in Staphylococcus aureus associated with Skin and Soft Tissue Infection (SSTI) disease groups

SCCmec types and virulence factors

CA-MRSA

HA-MRSA

MSSA

P-value

(n = 68)

(n = 109)

(n = 130)

SCCmec

    

 Type II

1 (1.4 %)c

4 (3.6 %)b

0 (0)

0.393

 Type III

4 (5.9 %)c

27 (24.8 %)a

0 (0)

<0.01

 Type IV

20 (29.4 %)a

25 (22.9 %)a

0 (0)

0.339

 Type V

21 (30.9 %)a

29 (26.6 %)a

0 (0)

0.541

 Type VII

15 (22.1 %)ab

14 (12.8 %)b

0 (0)

0.108

 Nontypeable

7 (10.3 %)bc,y

10 (9.2 %)b,y

130 (100 %)x

<0.01

 mecA

68 (100 %)a

108 (99.1 %)a

3 (2.3 %)b

<0.01

Virulence factors

    

 PVL

51 (75.0 %)x

36 (33.0 %)y

32 (24.6 %)y

<0.01

 Hlg

68 (100 %)x

109 (100 %)x

120 (92.3 %)y

<0.01

 TSST-1

4 (5.8 %)

4 (3.7 %)

7 (4.6 %)

0.725

 ETA

14 (22.1 %)y

35 (29.6 %)x

23 (19.0 %)y

<0.01

 ETB

1 (1.4 %)

0 (0)

0 (0)

0.09

  1. abDifferent letters in the same column indicate significant differences between groups; P < 0.05
  2. xyDifferent letters in the same row indicate significant differences between groups; P < 0.05