Table 7.

Correlation of S. aureus virulence genes between MRSA (N = 30) isolates and non-MRSA (S.A) (N = 10) isolates.

Gene	Type of Bacteria	Positive N, Positive%	* p-Value	Negative N, Negative%	** p-Value
finbA	MRSA	29 (96.7)	0.30	1(3.3%)	0.447
	S.A	17 (100)		0 (0.0%)
sdrC	MRSA	30 (100)	1	0 (0)	0.000
	S.A	17 (100)		0 (0)
sea	MRSA	12 (40)	0.0000	18 (60)	0.003
	S.A	0 (0)		17 (100)
tst	MRSA	2 (6.7)	0.14	28 (93.3)	0.277
	S.A	0 (0)		17 (100)
clfA	MRSA	30 (100)	0.3	0 (0)	0.179
	S.A	16 (94.1)		1 (5.9)
coa	MRSA	30 (100)	1	0 (0)	0.000
	S.A	17 (100)		0 (0)
spa	MRSA	13 (43.3)	0.88	17 (56.7)	0.886
	S.A	7 (41.2)		10 (58.8)
finbB	MRSA	30 (100)	1	0 (0)	0.000
	S.A	17 (100)		0 (0)
agr	MRSA	17 (56.7)	0.056	13 (43.3)	0.072
	S.A	5 (29.4)		12 (70.6)
nuc	MRSA	30 (100)	1	0 (0)	0.000
	S.A.	17 (100)		0 (0)
efb	MRSA	29 (96.7)	0.3	1 (3.3)	0.447
	S.A	17 (1000		0 (0)
pvl	MRSA	15 (51.7)	0.5	14 (48.3)	0.64
	S.A	10 (58.8)		7 (41.2)
sdrD	MRSA	30 (100)	1	0 (0)	0.000
	S.A	17 (100)		0 (0)
hlg	MRSA	30 (100)	1	0 (0)	0.000
	S.A	17 (100)		0 (0)
hla	MRSA	30 (100)	1	0 (0)	0.000
	S.A	17 (100)		0 (0)
seb	MRSA	12 (40)	0.001	18 (60)	0.012
	S.A	1 (5.9)		16 (94.1)
sec	MRSA	3 (10)	0.4	27 (90)	0.450
	S.A	3 (17.6)		14 (82.4)
sed	MRSA	2 (6.7)	0.1	28 (93.3)	0.277
	SA	0 (0)		0 (0)
icaA	MRSA	30 (1000	1	0 (0)	0.000
	SA	17 (100)		0 (0)

* p-value: correlation between MRSA and S. aureus in a positive gene. ** p-value: correlation between MRSA and S. aureus in positive gene compared with negative gene.