Comparative study of virulence factors among methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus clinical isolates

BMC Infectious Diseases

Table 4 Association between biofilm production on polystyrene and biofilm related genes

Genes		Moderately bioflm producers (n=23)	Highly biofilm producers (n=20)	P (univariate analysis)	P (multivariate analysis)
MSCRAMMs genes	fnbA+	14/23	18/20	0,001^a	0,040
	fnbB+	2/23	6/20	0,002^a	0,003
	cna+	15/23	17/20	0,154^a	0,981
Biofilm production control genes	icaA+	13/23	17/20	0,143^a	0,661
Biofilm production control genes	icaD+	14/23	13/20	0,546	-

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