TABLE 3.
Frequency of SAg gene detection in S. aureus isolated from adults with atopic dermatitisa
| Study group | Staphylococcal genes |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| sea | seb | sec | sed | tsst-1 | |
| Adults (n = 88) | 50 (57%) | 0 (0%) | 52 (59%) | 23 (26%) | 6 (7%) |
| CA (n = 41) | 27 (66%) | 0 (0%) | 20 (49%) | 14 (34%) | 2 (5%) |
| HA (n = 47) | 23 (49%) | 0 (0%) | 32 (68%) | 9 (19%) | 4 (8.5%) |
| Nose (n = 45) | 27 (60%) | 0 (0%) | 26 (58%) | 11 (24%) | 3 (6.7%) |
| Skin (n = 43) | 23 (53%) | 0 (0%) | 26 (60%) | 12 (28%) | 3 (7%) |
| MRSA (n = 2) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) | 0 (0%) |
| MSSA (n = 86) | 50 (58%) | 0 (0%) | 52 (60%) | 23 (27%) | 6 (7%) |
a
CA, community acquired; HA, hospital acquired; MRSA, methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; MSSA, methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus.