Ability of biofilm production and molecular analysis of spa and ica genes among clinical isolates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Table 3 Analysis of spa gene in MRSA isolates regarding to hospital and clinical specimens

spa band	Size (bp)	Number (%)	Sex	Clinical specimens	Hospital	Wards
No band
	–	7 (29.1)	Male	Burn wound	IMK^a Burns hospital	Burns
			Male	Burn wound	IMK Burns hospital	Burns
			Male	Burn wound	IMK Burns hospital	Burns
			Female	Eye	Amin	Emergency
			Female	Eye	Amin	Emergency
			Female	Eye	Amin	Emergency
			Female	Brain abscess	Al-Zahra	ICU
One band
	150	3 (12.5)	Male	Burn wound	IMK Burns hospital	Burns
			Male	Burn wound	IMK Burns hospital	Burns
			Female	Burn wound	IMK Burns hospital	Burns
	270	4 (16.7)	Male	Burn wound	IMK Burns hospital	Burns
			Male	Burn wound	IMK Burns hospital	Burns
			Male	Burn wound	IMK Burns hospital	Burns
			Female	Eye	Amin	Emergency
	300	4 (16.7)	Male	Blood	Shahid Beheshti	Emergency
			Male	Eye	Shahid Beheshti	Emergency
			Male	Burn wound	IMK Burns hospital	Burns
			Female	Respiratory tract	Al-Zahra	ICU
	360	2 (8.3)	Female	Eye	Shahid Beheshti	Emergency
			Female	Burn wound	IMK Burns hospital	Burns
	400	− 4.2	Female	Burn wound	IMK Burns hospital	Burns
Two band
	150–300	3 (12.5)	Male	Burn wound	IMK Burns hospital	Burns
			Male	Burn wound	IMK Burns hospital	Burns
			Female	Burn wound	IMK Burns hospital	Burns
Total	24 (100)

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