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Table 2 Prevalence of SAgs genes in S. aureus isolates from patients of Group 1 and Group 2

From: Association between the accessory gene regulator (agr) locus and the presence of superantigen genes in clinical isolates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

SAgs and toxins

Group 1

(n = 160)

Group 2

(n = 190)

MRSA

MSSA

Total in Group 1

Total in Group 2

Female

Male

Female

Male

Group 1

Group 2

Group 1

Group 2

SEA

5

12

11

14

11

20

6

6

17

26

SEB

1

10

9

10

7

11

4

8

11

19

SEC

3

2

5

16

6

19

0

2

5

21

SED

11

2

1

16

9

13

4

7

13

17

SEE

4

11

6

13

6

16

9

3

15

19

SEl-G

0

2

8

8

2

11

0

5

2

16

SEl-H

1

5

3

13

5

9

1

7

6

16

SEI

4

3

7

13

6

15

1

5

7

20

SEl-J

5

6

2

9

7

16

4

2

11

14

SEl-K

1

6

1

6

6

11

1

2

7

13

SEl-L

4

5

2

7

4

19

5

2

9

21

SEl-M

2

9

5

6

10

17

1

9

11

26

SEl-N

5

7

5

7

9

11

3

8

12

19

SEl-O

9

13

7

15

16

23

6

6

22

29

SEl-Q

8

13

9

12

19

17

2

2

21

19

TSST-1

0

1

4

10

1

9

0

5

1

14

etA

0

0

3

8

0

9

0

3

0

11

etB

0

0

3

6

0

8

0

1

0

9

lukS-PVL

0

2

2

4

2

5

0

3

2

8

lukF-PV

0

0

3

8

0

5

0

6

0

11

lukE-lukD

0

0

2

4

0

6

0

0

0

6

edinA

1

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

edinB

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

edinC

1

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

mecA

49

12

67

32

61

99

0

0

61

99