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

Table 5 Differences in the prevalence of SCCmec types and virulence factors of MRSA among disease groups

SCCmec type	Deep-seated infection (n = 34)	Cutaneous infection (n = 54)	Abscess (n = 62)	Mastitis (n = 11)	SSTI-related bacteremia (n = 23)	Catheter-related exit-site infection (n = 17)	P-value
Type II	2 (5.9 %)	2 (3.7 %)	1 (1.6 %)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0 (0)	0.608
Type III	9 (26.5 %)^ab	10 (18.5 %)^ab	5 (8.1 %)^b	1 (9.0 %)^b	8 (34.8 %)^a	6 (35.3 %)^a	<0.05
Type IV	9 (26.5 %)	14 (25.9 %)	14 (22.6 %)	4 (36.4 %)	6 (26.1 %)	4 (23.5 %)	0.936
Type V	7 (20.5 %)	17 (31.5 %)	15 (24.2 %)	5 (45.5 %)	4 (17.4 %)	6 (35.3 %)	0.294
Type VII	4 (11.8 %)^ab	8 (14.8 %)^ab	17 (27.4 %)^a	1 (9.0 %)^ab	3 (13.0 %)^ab	0 (0)^b	<0.05
Non-typeable	3 (8.8 %)	3 (5.0 %)	10 (16.1 %)	0 (0)	2 (8.7 %)	1 (5.9 %)	0.101

^abValues in a row followed by different letters indicate significant differences between groups; P < 0.05

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