Table 1 Investigation of genes encoding superantigens in the MRSA and MSSA isolates
Origin | Enterotoxin | Exfoliatin | TSST-1 | Hemolysin | PVL | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
sea n (%) | seb n (%) | sec-1 n (%) | eta n (%) | etb n (%) | tst | hla n (%) | hld n (%) | pvl n (%) | |
Nursing home | |||||||||
MRSA (n = 11) | 6 (54.5) | 1 (9) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 (100) | 11 (100) | 0 |
MSSA (n = 39) | 16 (41) | 14 (36) | 2 (5.1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39 (100) | 39 (100) | 0 |
CR | |||||||||
MRSA (n = 2) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (100) | 2 (100) | 0 |
MSSA (n = 48) | 16 (33.3) | 13 (27) | 7 (14.6) | 2 (4.1) | 0 | 5 (10.4) | 47 (97.9) | 47 (97.9) | 0 |
Dermatology | |||||||||
MRSA (n = 7) | 2 (28.5) | 1 (14.2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 (85.7) | 5 (71.4) | 0 |
MSSA (n = 43) | 16 (37.2) | 9 (21) | 8 (18.6) | 1 (2.3) | 0 | 0 | 39 (90.7) | 39 (90.7) | 10 (23.6) |