Research Article

Diversity of Virulence Factors Associated with West Australian Methicillin-Sensitive Staphylococcus aureus Isolates of Human Origin

Table 6

Distribution of the known MSCRAMM and toxins produced by the strains used in this study.

GroupStrains and subgroups ()MSCRAMMToxins

IGroup Ia () FnBPA, FnBPB, Spa, Cna, ClfA, ClfB, SdrE, SdrD, Bbp, IsdA, IsdBSEA, SEC, SEG, SEH, SEI, TSST, α-toxin, β-toxin, ETA, ETB
Group Ib () FnBPB, Spa, Cna, ClfA, ClfB, SdrE, SdrD, Bbp, IsdA, IsdB SEB, SEG, SEH, SEI, TSST, α-toxin, β-toxin

IIGroup IIa () FnBPa, FnBPB, SpA, ClfA, ClfB, SdrE, SdrD, IsdA, IsdBSEB, SEG, TSST, α-toxin
Group IIb () FnBPB, SdrE, SdrD, IsdA, IsdBSEC, α-toxin

III Group IIIa () FnBPA, FnBPb, SpA, ClfA, ClfB, Cna, Bbp, SdrE, SdrD, IsdA, IsdBSEA, SEB, SEC, SEH, SEI, TSST, α-toxin, β-toxin
Group IIIb () Spa, Cna, ClfA, ClfB, SdrE, SdrD, IsdA, IsdBSEC, SEG, TSST, α-toxin

IV Group IVa () FnBPA, FnBPB, Spa, ClfA, ClfB, SdrE, SdrD, Bbp, IsdA, IsdBSEA, SEC, SEG, SEH, SEI, TSST, α-toxin, β-toxin
Group IVb ()FnBPA, FnBPB, Cna, Spa, ClfA, ClfB, SdrE, SdrD, Bbp, IsdA, IsdBSEA, SEC, SEG, SEH, SEI, TSST, α-toxin, β-toxin

VGroup V (1) FnBPA, FnBPB, SpA, Cna, Clfa, Clfb, SdrE, SdrD, Bbp, IsdA, IsdBSEA, SEB, SEC, SEG, SEH, SEI, TSST, α-toxin, β-toxin