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Table 3 Detection of the 23 virulence genes of 87 S. aureus isolates in this study

From: Molecular epidemiology and virulence characteristics of Staphylococcus aureus nasal colonization in medical laboratory staff: comparison between microbiological and non-microbiological laboratories

Virulence gene

No. Of positive isolates (n = 87) n(%)

No. Distributing in

P-value

Microbiology laboratory (n = 34) n(%)

Other laboratory (n = 53) n(%)

sea

23(26.4)

8(23.5)

15(28.3)

0.622

seb

15(17.2)

4(11.7)

11(20.8)

0.279

sec

7(8.1)

6(17.6)

1(1.9)

0.008

sed

5(5.8)

2(5.9)

3(5.7)

0.965

see

0(0)

0(0)

0(0)

–

seg

26(29.9)

12(35.3)

14(26.4)

0.377

seh

21(24.2)

9(26.5)

12(22.6)

0.684

sei

9(10.4)

8(23.5)

1(1. 9)

0.001

sej

4(4.6)

4(11.8)

0(0)

0.011

sem

29(33.3)

12(35.3)

17(32.1)

0.756

sen

24(27.6)

10(29.4)

14(26.4)

0.76

seo

18(20.7)

5(14.7)

13(24.5)

0.27

eta

2(2.3)

0(0)

2(3.8)

–

etb

0(0)

0(0)

0(0)

–

hla

85(97.7)

34(100)

51(96.2)

0.252

hlb

38(43.7)

12(35.3)

26(49.1)

0.207

hld

86(98.9)

34(100)

52(98.1)

–

hlg

86(98.9)

34(100)

52(98.1)

–

tsst-1

20(23.0)

6(17.7)

14(26.4)

0.343

pvl

13(14.9)

7(20.6)

6(11.3)

0.237

icaA

0(0)

0(0)

0(0)

–

icaD

77(88.5)

31(91.2)

46(86.8)

0.734

bap

0(0)

0(0)

0(0)

–

  1. Sea~seo, gene encoding staphylococcal enterotoxins; eta and etb, gene encoding exfoliatin; hla~hlg, gene encodingα-hemolysin~γ-hemolysin; tsst-1, gene encoding toxic shock syndrome toxin 1; pvl, gene encoding Panton-Valentine leukocidin; icaA, ica D and bap, gene relative with the bio-film formation