TABLE 2.
Frequency of SAg gene detection in S. aureus isolated from children with atopic dermatitisa
| Study group | Staphylococcal genes |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| sea | seb | sec | sed | tsst-1 | |
| Children (n = 51) | 10 (19.6%) | 2 (4%) | 13 (25.5%) | 1 (2%) | 2 (4%) |
| CA (n = 18) | 5 (27.7%) | 2 (11%) | 4 (22%) | 0 (0%) | 2 (11%) |
| HA (n = 33) | 5 (15%) | 0 (0%) | 9 (27%) | 1 (3%) | 0 (0%) |
| Nose (n = 25) | 5 (20%) | 0 (0%) | 7 (28%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (4%) |
| Skin (n = 26) | 5 (19%) | 2 (7.7%) | 6 (23%) | 1 (3.8%) | 1 (3.8%) |
| MRSA (n = 3) | 3 (100%) | 1 (33.3%) | 1 (33.3%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| MSSA (n = 48) | 7 (14.5%) | 1 (2%) | 12 (25%) | 1 (2%) | 2 (4%) |
a
CA, community acquired; HA, hospital acquired; MRSA, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; MSSA, methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus.