Research Article

Characteristics of Virulence Genes of Clinically Isolated Staphylococci in Jingzhou Area

Table 6

The distribution of virulence genes of 151 strains of S. aureus (%).

Virulence genesTotal strains (n = 151)MRSA (n = 97)MSSA (n = 54)χ2P

sea55 (36.4)48 (49.5)7 (13.0)19.9810.001
sec19 (12.6)14 (14.4)5 (9.3)0.8440.358
seh11 (7.3)10 (10.3)1 (1.9)2.5280.112
sek38 (25.2)36 (37.1)2 (3.7)20.5600.001
seb42 (27.8)37 (38.1)5 (9.3)14.4150.001
seq96 (63.6)84 (86.6)12 (22.2)62.0800.001
sep7 (4.6)1 (1.0)6 (11.1)0.009
Tsst-14 (2.7)3 (3.1)1 (1.9)1.000
clfA148 (98.0)95 (97.9)53 (98.2)1.000
clfB149 (98.7)95 (97.9)54 (100.0)0.537
fnbA144 (95.4)94 (96.9)50 (92.6)0.249
hla148 (98.0)95 (97.9)53 (98.2)1.000
hld143 (94.7)90 (92.8)53 (98.2)1.0640.302
hlg146 (96.7)94 (96.9)52 (96.3)1.000
lukE96 (63.6)59 (60.8)37 (68.5)0.8870.346
bbp137 (90.7)87 (89.7)50 (92.6)0.3470.556
cna102 (67.6)72 (74.2)30 (55.6)5.5170.019
eap67 (44.4)56 (57.7)11 (20.4)19.6170.001
ebpS137 (90.7)94 (96.9)43 (79.6)12.3100.001
sdrC56 (37.1)47 (48.5)9 (16.7)15.0220.001
sdrD87 (57.6)54 (55.7)33 (61.1)0.4210.517
sdrE125 (82.8)87 (89.7)38 (70.4)9.0840.003
Pvl23 (15.2)13 (13.4)10 (18.5)0.7030.402

Note. “—” indicates the result of using Fisher’s exact probability test.