Table 2 Prevalence of S. aureus virulence genes among different settings
Virulence Genes | No. of Isolates (n = 63) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Hospital | Community | Environment | |
sea | 15 (23.8%) | 13 (20.6%) | 30 (47.6%) |
seb | 4 (0.63%) | 5 (0.79%) | 12 (19.04%) |
eta | 4 (0.63%) | 11 (17.46%) | 13 (20.63%) |
etb | 1 (0.16%) | - | 1 (0.16%) |
ica | 1 (0.16%) | 1 (0.16%) | - |
cna | 4 (0.63%) | 3 (0.47%) | 17 (26.98%) |
tst | 5 (0.79%) | 9 (1.42%) | 18 (28.57%) |