Table 3 Frequency of virulence genes among Enterococcus strains based on the source of samples
Genes | Hospital staff | Health volunteers | Hospital environment | Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
E. faecalis | E. faecium | E. faecalis | E. faecium | E. faecalis | E. faecium | E. faecalis | E. faecium | ||||||
No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | No. (%) | ||||||||||
esp |  +  | 20 (55.55) | 3 (21.42) | 21 (77.77) | 9 (39.13) | 21 (100) | 23 (95.83) | 62 (73.80) | 35 (57.37) | ||||
- | 16 (44.44) | 11 (78.57) | 6 (22.22) | 14 (60.89) | 0 | 1 (4.16) | 22 (26.19) | 26 (42.62) | |||||
P-value | Â | 0.34 | 0.58 | 0.04 | 0.48 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.04 | 0.31 | ||||
ace |  +  | 5 (13.88) | 0 | 15 (55.55) | 1 (4.34) | 6 (28.57) | 2 (8.33) | 26 (30.95) | 3 (4.91) | ||||
- | 31 (86.11) | 14 (100) | 12 (44.44) | 22 (95.65) | 15 (71.42) | 22 (91.66) | 58 (69.04) | 58 (95.08) | |||||
P-value | Â | 0.84 | SI | 0.34 | 1.52 | 0.51 | 0.98 | 0.44 | 1.52 | ||||
efaA |  +  | 7 (19.44) | 0 | 24 (88.88) | 5 (21.73) | 20 (95.23) | 7 (29.16) | 51 (60.71) | 12 (19.67) | ||||
- | 29 (80.55) | 14 (100) | 3 (11.11) | 18 (78.26) | 1 (4.76) | 17 (70.83) | 33 (39.28) | 49 (80.32) | |||||
P-value | Â | 0.54 | SIa | 0.03 | 0.58 | 0.01 | 0.46 | 0.29 | 0.54 | ||||