Virulence genes | No. Of positive isolates | Virulence genes carriage of S. aureus, n (%) | P-value | |
---|---|---|---|---|
CA-MRSA | HA-MRSA | |||
(n = 62) | (n = 23) | (n = 39) | ||
sea | 37(59.7) | 13(56.5) | 24(61.5) | 0.284 |
seb | 12(19.4) | 12(52.2) | - | Â |
sec | 12(19.4) | 7(30.4) | 5(12.8) | 0.039 |
seg | 12(19.4) | 3(13.0) | 9(23.1) | 0.097 |
seh | 2(3.2) | - | 2(5.1) | Â |
sei | 13(21.0) | 4(17.4) | 9(23.1) | 0.377 |
sem | 7(11.3) | 4(17.4) | 3(7.7) | 0.086 |
sen | 5(8.1) | 3(13.0) | 2(5.2) | 0.081 |
seo | 6(9.7) | 4(17.4) | 2(5.1) | 0.011 |
hla | 62(100.0) | 23(100.0) | 39(100.0) | Â |
hlb | 56(90.3) | 20(87.0) | 36(92.3) | 0.357 |
hlg | 61(98.4) | 23(100.0) | 38(97.4) | 0.545 |
tsst-1 | 3(4.8) | 2(8.7) | 1(2.6) | 0.134 |
PVL | 28(45.2) | 11(47.8) | 17(43.6) | 0.670 |